The community health nurse assesses clients at a health fair. Which statement assists the nurse to identify modifiable risk factors in clients with coronary artery disease?
a. "Would you please state your full name and birth date?"
b. "Have you ever had an exercise tolerance stress test?"
c. "In what activities do you participate on a daily basis?"
d. "Does anyone in your family have a his-tory of heart disease?"
C
Modifiable risk factors can be altered or controlled. Cigarette smoking and a sedentary lifestyle are examples of behaviors that are modifiable. Nonmodifiable factors are personal elements that cannot be altered or controlled (e.g., age, gender, family history). A stress test would not provide any information about risk factors.
You might also like to view...
The pediatric nurse is aware of the Core Strategies to reduce the spread of MRSA. Which actions do these strategies include? (Select all that apply.)
A. Assess hand-hygiene practices. B. Implement contact precautions. C. Rapid reporting of MRSA laboratory results D. Recognize previously colonized patients. E. Screen all patients for MRSA.
A client who had a biliopancreatic diversion about one year ago demonstrates an attitude change. After learning that the client stopped taking prescribed vitamin and mineral supplements, which problem should the nurse suspect that this client is experiencing?
a. Vitamin B3 deficiency that resulted in pellagra b. Vitamin B6 deficiency that resulted in increased stress c. Vitamin D deficiency that results in bone demineralization d. Vitamin C deficiency that resulted in wet beri beri
Specks or spots in the vision where the patient cannot see; "blind spots"
What will be an ideal response?
A 60-year-old female patient has begun taking a daily bisphosphonate to prevent osteoporosis and complains of gastrointestinal (GI) upset and dyspepsia. The primary care NP's initial response should be to:
a. prescribe a proton pump inhibitor (PPI). b. order intravenous (IV) bisphosphonates. c. suggest that she take the drug with food. d. review the instructions for taking the drug with the patient.