A nurse is describing the prevention measures available to the rest of the hospital staff. The nurse explains that the use of personal protective equipment is an example of
A. Primary prevention
B. Secondary prevention
C. Tertiary prevention
D. Quaternary prevention
ANS: A
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The nurse recognizes the MOST common opportunistic infection occurring in over half of clients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) is:
a. Kaposi's sarcoma b. mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) c. non-Hodgkin's lymphoma d. Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia
Inflammation of a vein from an IV catheter is called:
a. infiltration c. extravasation b. edema d. phlebitis
The nurse takes the form identified below to a patient's room in preparation for an emergency surgical procedure. The patient states, "Doc said he would tell me all about the surgery when he gets here. Do you know what they are going to do?"
What is the nurse's best response? 1. "Let's wait on signing this until your physician has talked to you." 2. "Let me go get a medical surgical textbook so I can use the pictures to explain the procedure." 3. "I am not certain; let me call the nursing supervisor to explain it to you." 4. "Go ahead and sign this so we will have that part done when the physician gets here."
The abbreviation for left eye is ___________
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word