The nurse, considering home care nursing, realizes that Lillian Wald is noted as being:
a. the first nurse to graduate from a school of nursing in the United States.
b. Superintendent of Nurses during the Civil War.
c. the first community health nurse.
d. the founder of the American Nurses Association.
ANS: C
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A nurse performing range-of-motion exercises on a bedfast patient moves the patient's chin down onto the chest and then back to an upright position. The nurse then tilts the head as far as possible to each shoulder
What therapeutic movement is the nurse achieving with this exercise? Select all that apply. A) flexion B) adduction C) extension D) dorsiflexion E) pronation F) abduction