Building on a success of the Millennium Development Goals, the community health nurse can work for health status improvement in sub-Saharan Africa by lobbying:
A) Aid foundations for more food supplies
B) US banks to offer more microloans to women
C) Agricultural corporations to farm the land
D) Local communities to fight for democracy
Ans: B
One strategy that has shown much promise in reducing poverty, and thereby contributing to improvements in health status, has been the use of microfinance programs to provide the poor with access to financial services, including savings plans and opportunities for low-interest loans to stimulate income-generating businesses.
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a. 120 b. 60 c. 30 d. 15
The assessment of bulging flanks on a patient who is supine with knees flexed leads the nurse to assess further for:
a. ascites. b. bowel obstruction. c. liver disorder. d. gallstones.
The student nurse studying the neurological system learns that areas of gray matter are found deep in the brain. The nurse notes that one of these areas, the basal ganglia, affects:
A) movement. B) homeostasis. C) blood pressure. D) sensory impulses.
Reduced respiratory gas exchange from persistent decelerations may cause a rise in fetal PCO2, which leads first to _______ _______, then _______ _______.
A. Respiratory alkalosis; metabolic acidosis B. Respiratory acidosis; metabolic acidosis C. Respiratory alkalosis; metabolic alkalosis D. Respiratory acidosis; metabolic acidosis