Ms. Davis is a 27-year-old patient with a BMI of 33 . Based on her BMI, your diagnosis would be:
a. normal body weight.
b. overweight.
c. obese.
d. extremely obese.
C
An obese BMI is 30 to 39.9 . A normal BMI is less than 24 . An overweight BMI is 25 to 29.9 . An extremely obese BMI is greater than 40.
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a. Illness prevention b. Health promotion c. Specific protection d. Health protection
At the primary level of prevention related to teen pregnancy, what can the community health nurse do?
a. Teach well-baby classes to new mothers. b. Teach young people about sexual practices that will prevent untimely pregnancy. c. Provide services for pregnancy detection. d. Counsel a young couple about abortion and adoption.
When developing an in-service program for a group of community health nurses about culture, which of the following would the presenter expect to include?
A) All members of a cultural group are alike. B) Intraethnic variations underscore a population's cultural diversity. C) Ethnicity has a major impact on the effectiveness of health care. D) Ethnocentric attitudes are key to working with different cultures.