The nurse employed in a rural area works to enhance the social determinants of health, which include (Select all that apply.)
a. access to health care.
b. economic factors.
c. employment.
d. physical environment.
e. rural culture.
A, B, D, E
Seven social determinants of health care are important in rural communities; these are access to health care, economic factors, the physical environment, rural culture, education, personal characteristics, and social support.
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The purpose of the ovum's zona pellucida is to:
a. make a pathway for more than one sperm to reach the ovum. b. allow the 46 chromosomes from each gamete to merge. c. prevent multiple sperm from fertilizing the ovum. d. stimulate the ovum to begin mitotic cell division.
Cultures have unique value orientations, which provide order and give direction to individuals, in these five areas
a. good/evil, past/present, being/doing, linear/collateral, domination/subjugation. b. human relations, time, place, work, relation to universe. c. personal, family, social, occupational, spiritual. d. time, human nature, activity, relational, people-to-nature.
A patient with a massive gastrointestinal bleed is diagnosed with a Mallory-Weiss tear. The nurse would anticipate which patient history?
1. Chronic alcohol ingestion 2. Ingestion of spicy foods 3. Aspirin use 4. 20 packs/year smoking history
Which will the nurse assess when focusing on the patient's healthcare practices during a cultural assessment
1) Health-seeking beliefs and behaviors 2) Traditional care 3) Biomedical care 4) Status of healthcare providers