The clinic administrator has asked each nurse to classify the nursing activities as a beginning step of clinic reorganization. Which of these strategies can be identified as health promotion and health maintenance? (Select all that apply.)
1. Administration of the flu vaccinefor infants from 6 months to
23 months old
2. Daily feeding schedules for infants
3. Instruction to adolescents on how touse dental floss
4. Treatment for a child with adiagnosis of acute otitis media
Answer:1,2,3
Rationale: Administering flu vaccines,discussion of feeding schedules,and instructions to adolescents are all health-promotion and/or health-maintenance topics. Treatment of an acute ear infection (otitis media) would not be a topic for health promotion and health maintenance since it is an acute illness.
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