A nurse is working at a high school that is serving as a community shelter during a hurricane. In the surge after the storm, the basement starts filling with floodwaters and then the power shuts off
As a result, the nurse contacts the local coast guard to assist in relocating people in the shelter to an unaffected elementary school across town. This is an example of:
A. Mitigation
B. Preparedness
C. Triage
D. Recovery
ANS: A
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a. Identification b. Symbolization c. Displacement d. Projection
A 16-year-old girl is brought to the clinic by her mother complaining of drainage at the top of her intergluteal cleft. The drainage is smelly, the diagnosis is pilonidal cyst, and the patient is started on antibiotics
Surgery to excise the cyst is scheduled. The nurse does preoperative teaching with the patient and her mother. The nurse explains the dressing the patient will have as the wound granulates. What kind of dressing will be used after surgery for a pilonidal cyst? A) Telfa and gauze packed into the wound B) Surgical pads packed into the wound C) Absorptive dressings placed in the wound D) Wet to dry dressings placed in the wound
A nurse is assessing the stools of a breastfed baby. What is the appearance of normal stools for this baby?
A) yellow, loose, odorless C) brown, formed, strong odor B) brown, paste-like, some odor D) black, semiformed, no odor
An elderly client is diagnosed with early dry macular degeneration. The nurse realizes that which of the following will most likely be prescribed for this client?
1. Antioxidants and zinc 2. Laser surgery 3. Eye drops 4. Eye patches