Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders often equate ill health to a disconnection with their country
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
ANS: True
When people are disconnected from their land, their cultural, spiritual, social and economic wellbeing will suffer.
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a. Either the popliteal or femoral vessels should be auscultated to obtain a thigh pressure. b. The best position to measure thigh pressure is the supine position with the knee slightly bent. c. If the blood pressure in the arm is high in an adolescent, then it should be compared with the thigh pressure. d. The thigh pressure is lower than the pressure in the arm, which is attributable to the distance away from the heart and the size of the popliteal vessels.
An elder receives speech therapy for dysarthria. Which advice should the nurse offer the elder to enhance the speech therapist's work?
a. Speak quietly in a quiet location. b. Articulate several words in a row. c. Practice facial exercises regularly. d. Restrict the mouth from opening too far.
The nurse is admitting a client who is 12 weeks pregnant and an IV drug user. She has had a number of sexual partners, complains of malaise, and has yellow in the eyes, nausea, and vomiting
Having obtained this history, the nurse suspects that the client has which condition? 1. Hepatitis E 2. Hepatitis C 3. Gonorrhea 4. Hepatitis A
At the well-baby clinic, you encounter a couple who have just had a baby. They are devastated to learn that their child has a genetic defect. You learn that neither parent has any outward indication of this defect
Your response is based on your understanding that: a. Two apparently healthy parents can give birth to a child with a defectB. One parent must be lying to avoid blame for the defectC. The child cannot be the biological offspring of these two parents D. The lab has made an error and the child is fine