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RRMR · **on:** Jun 27, 2018

The nurse is caring for children in a physician's office where health supervision is practiced. Which of the following is a key focus of health supervision? Select all answers that apply.

A) Making referrals for all health care needs
B) Monitoring disease incidence
C) Optimizing level of functioning
D) Monitoring quality of care provided
E) Teaching parents to prevent injury
F) Providing care developed from national guidelines

Question 2

The nurse is working with a school district to ensure students do not develop food-borne illnesses. Which intervention should the nurse emphasize that supports the 2020 National Health Goals regarding food preparation?

A) Refrigerate foods promptly.
B) Provide fresh fruits and vegetables.
C) Ensure all students are appropriately immunized.
D) Examine the number of students who contract food-borne illnesses.

chem1s3 · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 27, 2018

Answer to Question 1

C, E, F
Feedback:
Health supervision involves providing services proactively, with the goal of optimizing the child's level of functioning. It ensures the child is growing and developing appropriately and it promotes the best possible health of the child by teaching parents and children about preventing injury and illness (e.g., proper immunizations and anticipatory guidance). The framework for the health supervision visit is developed from national guidelines available through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), the American Medical Association (AMA), and the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). Making referrals and monitoring disease incidence and quality of care provided may occur with this model, but they are not key focal points.

Answer to Question 2

A
Feedback:
Unsafe food preparation is an area that could be reduced in incidence if people knew more about it and took active interventions to reduce its occurrence or spread. The 2020 National Health Goals addressing these include reducing infections caused by key pathogens transmitted commonly through food and increasing the proportion of consumers who follow key food safety practices of Chill: refrigerate promptly.. Nurses can help the nation achieve the goal by counseling parents about safe food preparation and serving as consultants to those responsible for food preparation.