As the field of nursing grows and develops, there are pioneers who stand out as leaders of change. The first pediatric nurse practitioner is one such visionary. Who is credited with being the first pediatric nurse practitioner?
A) Loretta Ford
B) Mary Wakefield
C) Martha Franklin
D) Lavinia Dock
A
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Which statement describes the significance of the Mosaic Code in the history of health care?
1. The code outlined policy and procedure for early surgical interventions. 2. Early nurses ascribed to the code as a part of their registration process. 3. Public health was improved by this first sanitary legislation. 4. This code provided strict educational requirements for physicians.
The American Nurses Association's publication of Nursing's Social Policy Statement in 1995 is important to health promotion for which of the following reasons?
a. It expanded the definition of health and reflects a greater commitment to clients. b. It established a code for nurses outlining an ethical commitment to client care. c. It provided for a moral commitment of nurses to health promotion of clients. d. It provided guidelines for and limitations on the contribution of nurses to client health.
An 82-year-old man tells the nurse he is having difficulty hearing and that he has "too much ear wax." Because of the client's age, the nurse would ask
a. "Did you ever experience impacted cerumen?" b. "Do you swim in a pool with chlorinated water?" c. "Have you had an upper respiratory infection?" d. "Have you noted a change in the color of the ear wax?"
The nurse is reviewing the results of a client's laboratory studies to find the level of an important chemical that must be available to assist in the synthesis of thyroid hormones, or:
1. cortisol. 2. iodide. 3. calcitonin. 4. iodine.