What is the traditional view of health?
a. Promotes optimal function
b. Views health and illness as separate con-cepts
c. Defines health as an absence of illness
d. Emphasizes the prevention of disease
B
Traditionally, health and illness have been viewed as separate entities with a focus on the illness and not in attaining the highest quality of life possible when a cure is not possible.
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a. provision of care, treatment, and services b. medication management c. nursing services d. ethics, rights, and responsibilities
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The nurse is planning morning care for a client who has sequential compression devices in place. How should the nurse instruct the UAP who will be giving the bath?
1. "Come get me when it is time to remove the devices, because that must be done by a nurse." 2. "You may remove the devices, but standards require that only a nurse put them back on the client." 3. "You may leave the devices off until the client's legs air dry." 4. "Put the devices on as quickly as possible after the bath."
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