A nurse has been asked to develop a visit plan for a mobile mammogram van. Which of the following considerations would be made by the nurse when deciding which neighborhoods to visit?
a. Hispanic women have the highest rate of breast cancer of all minority groups in the United States.
b. The death rate from breast cancer is higher in Hispanic women than for women in other ethnic groups.
c. The death rate from breast cancer in Hispanic women has risen in the past 10 years.
d. Breast cancer in Hispanic women is usually diagnosed at an early stage.
Answer: b. The death rate from breast cancer is higher in Hispanic women than for women in other ethnic groups.
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" The nurse should provide health teaching to the patient because her current vitamin D intake creates a risk for A) hypercalcemia. B) hyperphosphatemia. C) hypocalcemia. D) tetany.
The new mother tells the nurse that sometimes her infant seems to become frantic when crying and asks what she can do when this happens. Which actions would the nurse recommend? Standard Text: Select all that apply
1. Offer breast or bottle if it has been two hours or longer since the last feeding. 2. If the infant is not hungry or wet, allow the infant to cry it out. 3. Swaddle the infant in a blanket and rock the infant. 4. Try patting the infant on the back to help the baby expel gas. 5. Take the infant to a different room or outside to distract the infant.
A 6-year-old child has had a tonsillectomy. The child is spitting up small amounts of dark brown blood in the immediate postoperative period. The nurse should take what action?
a. Notify the health care provider. b. Continue to assess for bleeding. c. Give the child a red flavored ice pop. d. Position the child in a Trendelenburg position.
According to standard professional thinking, nurses should auscultate the FHR:
1. every 15 minutes in the active phase of the first stage in the absence of risk fac-tors. 2. every 20 minutes in the second stage whether or not risk factors are present. 3. before and after ambulation and rupture of membranes. 4. more often in a woman's first pregnancy.