You are the nurse preparing the community health agency report on risk factors in the community. Based on your knowledge of risk factors and associated deaths in high-income countries, such as the United States,
what do you anticipate the leading risk factor will be?
A) High cholesterol
B) High blood pressure
C) Physical inactivity
D) Smoking
D
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Which finding is most likely to be an associated manifestation of peripheral edema in a 64-year-old female whose chief complaint is swelling of the legs?
a. recent weight gain c. pain in the lower abdomen b. sense of impending doom d. aching in the joints of her fingers
During a community meeting, a citizen asks the community health nurse, "What causes people to sexually abuse children?" The nurse responds:
A) "This is a community issue; therefore the police commissioner will be the best person to tell us." B) "There are various causes involved." C) "Abusers are genetically programmed to abuse children." D) "The statistics indicate that it is because of poverty."
A patient who is a paraplegic as a result of an auto accident has incontinence. The nurse correctly recognizes which type of incontinence is most likely?
A) Stress B) Urge C) Reflex D) Functional
When administering naloxone to a patient who overdosed on an opioid, it is important for the paramedic to remember that:
A) small doses of naloxone often cause severe withdrawal symptoms in long-term opioid users. B) complete reversal of the opioid is essential if the patient receives opioids on a long-term basis. C) an IV infusion of naloxone should be used for patients who are addicted to opioids. D) the duration of action of naloxone in the body is less than that of many opioid chemicals.