The American Public Health Association Public Health Nursing Section states that the educational preparation of public health nurses should be at least a/an:
1. Associate degree
2. Baccalaureate degree
3. Master's degree
4. Certification
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This is because all public health nurses should have a background in the social and behavioral sciences, epidemiology, environmental health, current treatment modalities, and health care de-livery options in order to fully understand health policy, research, and treatment choices and to translate this knowledge into the promotion of healthy populations.
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1. Dill pickles 2. Tomatoes 3. Carrots 4. Gelatin
A client has not responded to chemotherapy and radiation therapy. What option may be available for treatment for this client?
A) If chemotherapy and radiation do not work, there is no other treatment. B) Aldesleukin C) Tumor necrosis factor inhibitors D) Colony-stimulating factor
A Native American client admitted to the hospital for surgery asks if his medicine man can perform a 30-minute healing ceremony prior to surgery. The nurse should:
a. tell him that such rituals are not part of the preoperative routine. b. explain that in modern health care, there is no need for the medicine man. c. provide the space and privacy for the ceremony. d. request the hospital chaplain to pray with the client.
A nurse educator is working with a group of students who are in their first clinical rotation. They have had a particularly busy clinical day
All have felt rushed to complete medication administration as well as personal cares for their assigned clients. Charting has been completed, and they are ready to leave the clinical area for the day. A client on the unit needs medication delivered by a Z-track injection, and the staff nurse asks the instructor if one of the students would like to perform this. The instructor, understanding the important concepts surrounding timing and environment in a learning experience, makes which of the following comments to the staff nurse? A) "Would it be OK if the students observed today? We'll do it next time we're here." B) "I'll check with the students and see if one of them would like to volunteer." C) "We're leaving now, but thanks for asking." D) "It will take me a moment to explain the procedure to the students, since we've not practiced this, but I'll find somebody to administer it."