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What are the 3 levels of health promotion? - Answers-Primary= preventing disease from developing through promoting a healthy lifestyle. Secondary= Screening efforts to promote early detection of disease. Tertiary= minimizing disability from acute or cronic illness or injury and allowing for most productive life within lilmitations. What are examples for the 3 levels of health promotion? - Answers-Primary= Immunizations Secondary= Mammogram Tertiary = The disease is already present: Hyper...

The 10 Essential Public Health Services - Answers-1. Monitor health status to identify and solve community health problems. 2. Diagnose and investigate health problems and health hazards in the community. 3. Inform, educate, and empower people about health issues. 4. Mobilize community partnerships and action to identify and solve health problems. 5. Develop policies and plans that support individual and community health efforts. 6. Enforce laws and regulations that protect health and ensur...

The nurse is comparing the concepts of religion and spirituality. Which statement describes an appropriate component of one's spirituality? a. Belief in and the worship of God or gods b. Being closely tied to one's ethnic background c. Attendance at a specific church or place of worship d. A connection with something larger than oneself and belief in transcendence - Answers-d. A connection with something larger than oneself and belief in transcendence The nurse is taking an initial ...

TLC - Answers-tender loving care tid - Answers-three time daily T.O. - Answers-telephone order T.P.R. - Answers-temperature, pulse, respirations UA - Answers-urinalysis via - Answers-by way of VO - Answers-verbal order V.S. - Answers-vital signs (temp, pulse, respiration, blood pressure) WA - Answers-walk aid WBC - Answers-white blood count w/c - Answers-wheel chair

What are the six essential nutrients? - Answers-Carbohydrates, fat, protein, vitamins, minerals, water Malnutrition - Answers-Lack of sufficient nutrients in the body. Under-nutrition - Answers-Nutritional deficiency resulting from lack of food or from the inability of the body to convert or absorb it. Over-nutrition - Answers-the excessive intake of food, especially in unbalanced proportions. Phytochemicals - Answers-Non-nutritive plant chemicals that have protective or disease prev...

PT - Answers-male: 9.6-11.8 sec female: 9.5-11.3 sec measures the amount time it takes for clot formation. platelet count - Answers-150k-400k high altitudes, chronic cold weather and excercise increase platelet counts hemolobin - Answers-male: 14-16.5 g/dl female: 12-15 g/dl

What are some nonpharmacological pain management strategies? - Answers-- Distraction - Imagery - Body repositioning - Relaxation - Therapies Safety - Answers--------- What are safety precautions used for? - Answers-Protection for everyone What type of gloves still contain latex? - Answers-Most sterile gloves

Intuition is an inner sensing that something is so, as in this example. Reflection is the process of purposefully thinking back or recalling a situation to discover its purpose or meaning. Knowledge of the nurse includes information and theory from the basic sciences, humanities, behavioral sciences, and nursing. Scientific methodology is an approach to seeking the truth or verifying that a set of facts agrees with reality. The nurse manager has developed a staff protocol for peer evaluation....

The benefits of having a defined body of theory in nursing include better patient care, enhanced professional status for nurses, improved communication between nurses, and guidance for research and education As medicine tries to make a move towards adopting a more multidisciplinary approach to health care, nursing continues to strive to establish a unique body of knowledge This can be seen as an attempt by the nursing profession to maintain its professional boundaries

You have 250 mg tablets; the doctor orders 1 g. How many tablets do you give? - Answers-4 tablets Always give the least number of tablets for the proper dosage. The order is 3 mg of a drug. You have 1.5 mg tab and 2 mg tablet, how would you fill the order? - Answers-Two 1.5 mg tablets The order is 5 mg of a drug; on hand are 1 mg tab, 2 mg tab, and 2.5 mg tab. Give _______ - Answers-Two 2.5 mg tabs