The community health nurse determines that the local adult population in the community has an increased incidence of vaccine-preventable disease
When developing a teaching plan for this population, which factor would be most important for the nurse to address?
A) Widespread availability of comprehensive vaccine delivery systems
B) Statutory requirements for vaccination of adults
C) Complicated, varying vaccine recommendations for adults
D) Frequent support for vaccinating adults during clinical contacts
C
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What intervention is most important to teach the client at risk for hypercalcemia?
A. "Avoid drinking coffee and other caffeinated beverages." B. "Be sure to drink at least 3 liters of fluids each day." C. "Do not eat or drink any dairy products." D. "Take at least one 2-hour nap per day."
A registered nurse is on break and checking emails. One email contains a picture of a celebrity who is a patient in the hospital, and on the same floor, where the nurse works
. Included with the photo is a message, "check out my Facebook," which contains additional photographs of the patient. The nurse immediately deletes the picture to prevent having to report the "friend" to supervisors. Based on the action of the nurse who received the message, which statement is correct? a. The nurse is not at risk for having his/her license suspended since removing the photos made them temporary and invisible to all others. b. Because the nurse did not send the message and immediately deleted the photo, there is no risk for discipline. c. Failing to report receiving the message places the nurse at risk for discipline. d. Because the patient is on the same floor as the one on which the nurse works, the information can be ethically and legally shared.
The nurse is caring for an elderly woman with dementia who is frightened in the hospital room. Which is the best action by the nurse to communicate empathy and compassion?
a. Use the bedside intercom to inform her that you will be entering her room. b. Use brief, light touch on the patient's arm or shoulder when greeting her. c. Shut the patient's door in the hallway if there is noise or loud talking. d. Firmly but kindly insist the patient accepts reality as you have presented it.
The nurse knows that a myocardial infarction is an occlusion of what blood vessel?
a. Pulmonary artery b. Ascending aorta c. Coronary artery d. Carotid artery