A community health nurse is participating in a case-control observational study. Which of the following would most likely be part of this type of study?
A) Description of patterns of occurrence of illness and injury in a population
B) Investigation of development of health/illness conditions over a long period of time
C) Studying of a cohort, with evaluation of variables associated with the disease or injury
D) Comparison of persons with and without a health/illness condition
D
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The nurse is planning to teach a 75-year-old patient about administering his medication. How can the nurse best enhance the patient's ability to learn?
A) Providing links to websites that contain information related to the medication B) Excluding family members from the session C) Using color-coded materials D) Making the information relevant to the patient's condition
The specific tools used to make quality visible to stakeholders in health care are called:
a. indicators. b. outcomes. c. variable selections. d. quality measures.
The nurse is caring for a patient diagnosed with shingles. The patient has been complaining of constant pain along the sciatic nerve. What intervention by the nurse can best help to provide pain relief?
a. Distract the patient with conversation. b. Massage the area of pain. c. Move the affected leg through range of motion (ROM). d. Change the patient's position frequently.
While assessing the feet and ankles of an elderly client, the nurse presses her finger into the client's skin in order to create an indentation. The nurse is assessing for:
1. Pitting edema. 2. Ascites. 3. Sacral edema. 4. Periorbital edema.