A nurse is practicing in the community but also has the community as the target of practice. Which of the following best describes the activities of this nurse?
a. Providing care to an active caseload of 50 families in the neighborhood
b. Inviting all the parents of asthmatic children in the school to meet together for mutual support
c. Sharing assessment findings and health goals with every community group that will listen
d. Writing articles for the local newspaper highlighting the various programs and services of the local health department
Question 2
Persons often point out that smokers choose to light their cigarettes, alcoholics lift the glass to their mouth, and drug addicts inject or ingest their drugs.
Which of the following statements best describes why nurses don't simply focus on helping persons who engage in poor health behaviors to behave appropriately?
a. Addicts don't have the willpower to change their behavior.
b. It is too rewarding to continue the behavior for a person to be able to change.
c. Laws and policies must reward good healthy behaviors and punish unhealthy behaviors to help individuals recognize the importance of change.
d. Society must offer healthy choices, offer support, and practice helpful policies.
The nurse conducts the health history as the first step in the nursing assessment
The nurse needs to note the source of the patient health history
Medication with the USP label (left) and without USP label (right). Practice Label “for ...
The ability of a community to cope, adapt to, and mitigate the accelerating impact of climate change
Pituitary Hormones and Their Target Cells, Tissues, and Organs
QUESTIONS TO PRACTICE