The nurse plans to implement health promotion activities at the local senior citizen center
To meet the goal of promoting knowledge related to maximizing mental health and functional ability, the nurse's teaching is guided by World Health Organization research and should include discussion of which priority area specific to the leading causes of mental disability? 1. Social isolation
2. Dementia
3. Alcohol
4. Over-the-counter medications
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Rationale: Alcohol use is the 4th leading cause of mental disability and produces greater decrement in worldwide mental ability when compared with dementia, social isolation, or use of over-the-counter medications.
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A) Adhering to primary tumor cells B) Inducing mutation of cells of another organ C) Phagocytizing healthy cells D) Invading healthy host tissues
A patient had wrapped a tummy band around her newborn's abdomen. What should the nurse say to the new mother?
a. "Can you explain to me the purpose of wrapping a band around the baby's tummy?" b. "In the hospital, we prefer to expose the umbilical cord to air so it's easier to put medication on it as it dries up." c. "Let me put some medication on the baby's cord, and then I'll put the tummy band back." d. "Please remove that band; it is not helpful as the umbilical cord needs to be kept clean and dry."
Patients in an outpatient treatment center receiving daily dressing changes were studied by means of a quasi-experimental design using a crossover strategy
Patients were administered either Morphine Contin or Percocet, by random assignment, on one day, and the other medication on the following day. Pain scores were obtained for both days, recorded and analyzed. Why was a crossover strategy used? (Select all that apply.) a. Because dressing changes may become less painful in some patients over time, as wounds heal, this strategy balanced the pain scores, across participants. b. Because dressing changes may become more painful over time, as debridement occurs, exposing raw tissue, this strategy balanced the pain scores, across participants. c. Because patients were not consented for the study and had to receive at least one traditional treatment. d. Because dressing changes may become less painful over time, as patients know what to expect, this strategy compensated by alternating first-treatment across patients.
What is the abnormal proliferation of cells in response to excessive hormonal stimulation?
a. Dysplasia b. Pathologic dysplasia c. Hyperplasia d. Pathologic hyperplasia