When teaching a nutrition class to a student group with a large Hispanic population, the school nurse incorporates foods such as salsa and other healthy dishes familiar to Hispanic students into the presentation
Which of the following best describes the action taken by the nurse?
a. Primary prevention
b. Secondary prevention
c. Tertiary prevention
d. Both primary and secondary prevention
ANS: A
Primary prevention involves activities such as health teaching to prevent a problem from occurring.
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A) alteration in tissue perfusion. B) ventricular arrhythmias. C) severe orthostatic hypotension. D) diminished cardiac output.
Sally meets with all the staff to get input on the governance of the unit. Her management style is most likely:
A. Autocratic. B. Participative. C. Directive. D. Permissive.
A distressed family member asks about the purpose of the Gardner-Wells tongs. The most helpful explanation by the nurse would be that the Gardner-Wells tongs:
1. compress the cervical vertebrae. 2. immobilize the head. 3. allow the patient to be moved out of bed. 4. align the cervical vertebrae.
___________ exerts a profound physiological effect on the body, reducing inflammation caused by injury to the musculoskeletal system
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