The need for health care reform has been obvious for some time but the implications of the broken U.S. health care delivery system were largely brought to the attention of the public through which famous report?
1. Learning What Works: Infrastructure Required for Comparative Research - Workshop Summary
2. From Public Health: Revitalizing Law and Policies to Meet New Challenges
3. To Err is Human: Building A Safer Health System
4. Leading Health Indicators for Healthy People 2020
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Rationale: The Institute of Medicine published the classic report To Err is Human: Building A Safer Health System. The data described in the report highlighted the need for immediate action to minimize errors in the health care setting.
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As part of a school assignment the graduate nursing student is reviewing documents that address population health nursing practice in the United States. Which document should the student emphasize as being the most current policy promulgated by the U.S
Department of Health and Human Services? 1. Lalonde Report. 2. Healthy People 2010. 3. Future of Public Health. 4. Declaration of Alma Alta.
When the nurse is caring for a postpartum client, assessment would be focused on which priority areas? (Select all that apply.)
a. cervical enlargement d. depression b. episiotomy or incision e. lochia c. bladder distention f. breasts
A nurse counsels a family regarding the stage of families with adolescents. Which developmental task is appropriate for the nurse to include?
a. Maintaining relationships with the ex-tended family b. Developing parental roles to meet the needs of children c. Maintaining a satisfying marital relation-ship d. Maintaining open communication between parent and children
A nurse is caring for a dying client following myocardial infarction. The client is experiencing apnea with a falling blood pressure of 60 per palpation. Which documentation of pulse quality does the nurse anticipate?
A) Bounding pulse B) Weak pulse C) Thready pulse D) A pulse deficit