Teaching a client with gonorrhea how to prevent reinfection and further spread is an example of:
1. Primary prevention
2. Secondary prevention
3. Tertiary prevention
4. Primary health care prevention
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Secondary prevention focuses on early detection and prompt treatment of disease, injury, or dis-ability.
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Which information would be most important to provide to a client who desires Depo-Provera (DMPA) for contraception?
a. Amenorrhea seldom occurs with the use of DMPA. b. Menstrual changes are a common side effect of DMPA. c. DMPA provides protection against STDs. d. DMPA injections must be administered every month.
Which of the following statements is correct about community health nursing (CHN)?
a. Prevention and community education are the cornerstones of CHN. b. Nursing care is rapidly moving from the home setting to the institutional setting. c. High-tech care such as ventilators and total parenteral nutrition cannot be handled in the home. d. Assessment skills are less important in CHN because patients are not acutely ill.
Which characteristic response to stimulant drugs increases their potential for abuse?
A. They are not habit-forming. B. They have sedating qualities. C. They increase general metabolism D. Their use is not controlled by the DEA.
Fetal bradycardia of 60 b.p.m. or less could be indicative of:
a. variable decelerations or fetal hypoxia. b. fetal hypoxia or fetal bradycardia. c. prolapsed cord or placental abruption. d. variable decelerations or placental abruption.