A nurse is evaluating the lack of prenatal care in many of the women in the community. The nurse is looking to obtain information about the rate of certain risk factors in the county. What resource should the nurse check?
A. GIS
B. BRFSS
C. Healthy People 2020
D. CDC
ANS: B
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A pregnant patient receiving intravenous oxytocin for 1 hour has contractions lasting 80 seconds. What should the nurse do first for this patient?
A) Discontinue the oxytocin infusion. B) Slow the infusion to below 10 gtt/minute. C) Increase the flow rate of the main line infusion. D) Continue to monitor contraction duration every 2 hours.
A school nurse completed a needs' assessment and concluded that illegal use of drugs, including alcohol and tobacco, was a major problem. What might be the nurse's first intervention?
A. Ask police officers to visit the school and preach abstinence, while sharing the legal penalties for illegal drug use. B. Create, with administrative support, a no smoking on school grounds policy. C. Inform teachers that smoking on school grounds will not be tolerated. D. Tell the local newspapers of her findings so that the media can inform parents.