Advanced practice nurses often provide care at nursing centers. Some of the possible classes that focus on health promotion might include:
1. Advanced care of the chronically ill elderly at home
2. Smoking cessation and weight management techniques
3. How to provide primary services
4. Providing financial support for nursing students
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Smoking cessation and weight management techniques focus on health promotion.
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The first recorded nurses' union was formed in ____
a. 1970, after the Federal Service Labor-Management Relations Act went into effect b. 1989, when the second amendment to the National Labor Relations Act was made by Congress c. New York City d. The early 1960s, after John F. Kennedy issued an executive order protecting the collective bargaining rights of nurses
The nurse observes a client exercising extremities through range of motion. This client is performing:
a. passive range of motion. c. hyperextension. b. adduction. d. active range of motion.
You make a home visit to a 32-year-old single woman who has worked for the same company for 22 years and has lived with her parents all of her life
She has been referred for psychiatric consultation by a home health nurse because she looks almost continuously at the floor, exhibits very little range or spontaneity of affect, and waits for her parents to comment or direct her before she responds to any questions or comments. The parents have always been present throughout the home health nurse's visits. When you interview her by herself, she maintains eye contact, displays animated affect, readily answers all questions, and voices contentment with her life circumstances. As a culturally competent psychiatric nurse, you view this referral as having occurred primarily because: a. the client displayed objective signs of mental illness as defined by the DSM-IV b. of family dynamics that require a referral for adult protective services investigation c. the client needs help to integrate the home health care treatment culture d. of the home health nurse's cultural norms related to mental illness and treatment
There are limited amounts of influenza vaccine currently available in the clinic. Which individual should the nurse identify as having the highest priority to receive vaccination at this time?
a. A 15-year-old who plays ice hockey b. A 26-year-old with three young children c. A 49-year-old who works in food services d. An 88-year-old who lives in an apartment for senior citizens