The nurse is aware that the patient suspected of being exposed to the smallpox virus is contagious:
A) Immediately after exposure
B) Only when pustules form
C) After a rash appears
D) With a body temperature of 38° C
Ans: C
Feedback: A patient is contagious after a rash that develops on the face, mouth, pharynx, and forearms initially.
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The nurse volunteering time in a free community mental health clinic is concerned about mental health disparities in pediatric patients and implements strategies to reduce health care disparities
These strategies include: Select all answers that apply. A) educating the community about poverty predisposing families to mental illness. B) teaching families' ways to handle cognitive or psychosocial-related concerns. C) taking an approach of listening and providing positive feedback to families. D) acquiring empathy when working with families by using ethnic generalizations.
When using an interpreter, the nurse should do which of the following?
a. Write out the messages for the interpreter to give the client. b. Look at the interpreter while telling him or her what to tell the client. c. Have the interpreter write the message in the client's language. d. Speak in his or her own language directly to the client.
The nurse is discussing the difference between potency and efficacy with a client who has just received a prescription to treat congestive heart failure. Which statement by the client indicates that learning has occurred?
1. "The best drug for me is the one with the greatest efficacy." 2. "A drug with the greatest efficacy will produce the least side effects." 3. "Low-potency drugs have efficacy and do not produce side effects." 4. "The best drug for me is the one with the highest potency."
The client asks if there are any supplements that would help improve or preserve his memory. Which supplements would the nurse discuss?
A. Carnitine B. Coenzyme Q10 C. Glucosamine D. DHEA E. Selenium