When brushing a patient's teeth, brush the front surfaces only
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
False
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Community health nurses practice within the three levels of prevention. Which of the following would the community health nurse engage in at the primary level of prevention for communicable disease control? Select all that apply
A) Providing TB skin tests to children entering kindergarten B) Administering immunizations to senior citizens at a flu clinic C) Teaching kindergarten children to wash their hands D) Encouraging families to complete their young children's "baby shots" E) Providing chest x-rays to people with positive TB skin tests F) Encouraging clients to receive prompt treatment for the symptoms of gonorrhea
Parents ask a nurse how they should reply when their child, diagnosed with schizophrenia spectrum disorder, tells them that voices command him to harm others. Which is the appropriate nursing response?
1. "Tell him to stop discussing the voices." 2. "Ignore what he is saying, while attempting to discover the underlying cause." 3. "Focus on the feelings generated by the hallucinations and present reality." 4. "Present objective evidence that the voices are not real."
When performing the McMurray test, the examiner should place the patient in a supine position with a hand on the patient's completely flexed knee and the foot flat on the table at the buttocks, and then:
a. grasp and evert the foot and extend the knee. b. grasp and invert the foot and rotate the knee. c. apply valgus stress with the foot planted. d. apply varus stress with the foot planted.
The nurse is completing the gestational age assessment on a newborn while in the mother's postpartum room. During the assessment, the mother asks what aspects of the baby are being checked. The nurse's best response is:
1. "I'm checking to make sure the baby has all of its parts." 2. "This assessment looks at both physical aspects and the nervous system." 3. "This assessment checks the baby's brain and nerve function." 4. "Don't worry. We perform this check on all the babies."