Baby H.'s mother asks you how she can keep her infant from catching a cold or some other
type of infection. What is the most important measure to teach her?
What will be an ideal response?
Handwashing is the most important single measure in the prevention of neonatal infection. Baby H.'s
mother should be taught to wash her hands before having contact with her baby. Inanimate objects
should be cleaned with a bactericidal solution. Family or friends who are feeling ill or recently have
been ill should not have contact with the infant.
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A patient has received treatment for oral cancer. The combination of medications and radiotherapy has resulted in leukopenia. Which of the following is an appropriate response to this change in health status?
A) Ensure that none of the patient's visitors has an infection. B) Arrange for a diet that is high in protein and low in fat. C) Administer colony stimulating factors (CSFs) as ordered. D) Prepare to administer chemotherapeutics as ordered.
A patient becomes infected with oral candidiasis (thrush) while receiving intravenous antibiotics to treat a systemic infection. Which type of infection has the patient developed?
a. Endogenous nosocomial b. Exogenous nosocomial c. Latent d. Primary
Different methods of paying for health care in the United States seek to provide superior care, equality of access, and freedom of choice for all citizens, while promoting the public interest through cost-containment programs
Citizens discuss the ideal of equal access to health care for everyone, including care for indigents. Yet, segments of the health care system maintain aspects of a free-market competition. Which of the following statements best describes this system? a. Utilitarian theory is the sole basis for U.S. health care financing, forming the foundation of Medicare, Medicaid, and privately purchased health care insurance. b. Libertarianism, which espouses a free market system and freedom of choice, undergirds the basic principles of U.S. health care financing. c. Several theories of justice try to achieve a balance between competing social goals in the U.S. health care system. d. Most health care financing occurs at the community level; therefore communitarian principles are most applicable to U.S. health care economics.
You try to comfort the family by telling them that the problems that they are experiencing are common
You explain that family support is a major focus of your program. List four ways in which M.E.'s family might receive the support they need. What will be an ideal response?