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 classified as health promotion and health maintenance? Select all that apply
1. Administering the flu vaccine to infants 6–23 months old
2. Working with new parents to create daily feeding schedules for infants
3. Instructing adolescents on how to use dental floss
4. Treating a child with a diagnosis of acute otitis media
Correct
1; 2; 3
Rationale:
1. Administering flu vaccines, discussing feeding schedules, and instructing adolescents in oral health care are all health promotion and health maintenance topics.
2. Administering flu vaccines, discussing feeding schedules, and instructing adolescents in oral health care are all health promotion and health maintenance topics.
3. Administering flu vaccines, discussing feeding schedules, and instructing adolescents in oral health care are all health promotion and health maintenance topics.
4. Treating a child with an acute ear infection (otitis media) would not be a topic for health promotion or health maintenance because it is an acute illness.
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