A community health nurse is working with a grant-funded project to address stroke prevention nationwide
After reviewing statistics related to stroke, which area of the United States would the nurse identify as having the greatest need for this type of program?
A) North-central
B) Southeast
C) Southwest
D) Pacific Northwest
B
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In the profession of nursing, it is necessary to develop:
1. leadership skills. 2. management skills. 3. assertiveness. 4. aggressive techniques.
After a newly hired director of nursing has reviewed the hospital's strategic plans, she develops a timeline for achieving those plans. The new leader is:
a. Not expecting that novice leaders will have a vision. b. Demonstrating mistrust of the abilities of her staff to implement the plans. c. Instituting deadlines against which the performance of staff will be evaluated. d. Translating a global document into realistic plans for nursing.
When preparing for palliative care with the dying client, the nurse should provide the family with which explanation?
a. "In palliative care, no attempts are to be made to resuscitate a client whose breathing or heart stops." b. "The goal of palliative care is to give clients the best quality of life by the aggressive management of symptoms." c. "The client will have to go to an inpatient hospice unit in order to receive palliative care." d. "Palliative care is the gradual withdrawal of mechanical ventilation from a client with terminal illness and poor prognosis."
During the health history a young male client asks the nurse why his scrotum rises and relaxes. The nurse would incorporate knowledge of which of the following when responding to this client?
A) When the temperature is warm, the scrotum rises. B) The cremasteric reflex controls the rise and relaxation of the scrotum. C) When the scrotum relaxes, it has many rugae. D) If the temperature is colder, the scrotum relaxes.