Several nurses who work in the emergency room of an urban hospital notice that a sizable number of children in a certain ethnic population have come in with an illness, all presenting with similar symptoms.
The nurses, who are not public health specialists, can intervene in the health of a community through their work with individuals by doing which of the following?
Select all that apply.
A. Increasing antibiotic therapy availability
B. Identifying characteristics of the disease
C. Grouping patients by diagnosis
D. Giving classes on how to avoid infections
E. Assessing the environment of the patients
Question 2
The regulatory activities of public health nursing include which of the following? Select all that apply.
A. Interpreting public health laws, regulations, and policies
B. Monitoring regulated entities such as nursing homes
C. Writing new regulations for health care and legislating them
D. Taking part in health policy debates
E. Educating the public
Some mangrove islands in the Florida Keys, which number in the thousands, are convenient places to t
A strike by 800 women shoemakers in Lynn, Massachusetts, in 1860. In 1851 a Lynn shoemaker had adapt
Helping maintain accurate patient records is a critical part of the medical assistant's work.
The distribution of cones and rods over the human retina. The figure illustrates the number of cones ...
Multitasking at work
Separation of variable number tandem repeat (VNTR) alleles after PCR amplification