Why would a nurse who was practicing in the 1900s have been considered to be part of the "golden age" of public health?
a. Antibiotics were discovered to fight infections.
b. Federal, state, and local funding to public health departments increased.
c. Pasteurization of milk and public water and sewage systems began.
d. Major plagues with high death rates had been stopped.
ANS: C
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a. Implement an individualized therapeutic regimen that brings about a cure. b. Provide caring to help the patient live at the optimal level of health and wellness. c. Suggest that the patient accept eventual death to reduce the burdens on the pa-tient's family. d. Encourage the patient to minimize the use of services to control costs.
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1. Facilitation 2. Negative nonverbal messages 3. Positive nonverbal messages 4. Empathy
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1. Nausea and vomiting 2. Blurred vision and drowsiness 3. Itching and diarrhea 4. Hearing loss and salivation
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A) 40-60 B) 250-350 C) 60-100 D) 100-180