This topic contains a solution. Click here to go to the answer

Author Question: A nurse planning primary disease prevention interventions for a 64-year-old patient includes which ... (Read 69 times)

bb

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 544
A nurse planning primary disease prevention interventions for a 64-year-old patient includes which of the following? (Select all that apply.)
 
  a. Giving an influenza vaccination in early autumn of each year.
  b. Suggesting the patient attend Cooking to Manage Hypertension classes taught by a registered dietician.
  c. Giving a pneumococcal vaccination to celebrate the patient's 65th birthday.
  d. Identifying several local smoking cessa-tion support groups.
  e. Providing the patient with a take-home occult stool screening kit.

Question 2

The nurse is preparing to instruct a family member regarding how to appropriately assist a 76-year-old patient incorporate a healthy daily walk into the family's routine. The nurse includes a suggestion that
 
  a. a 30-minute walk after dinner is the best form of exercise for someone that age.
  b. if the patient appears to be having diffi-culty talking while walking, it is time to stop.
  c. the patient should be encouraged to walk a few feet farther each evening.
  d. the family member selects a flat, easily accessible walking path to follow.



Related Topics

Need homework help now?

Ask unlimited questions for free

Ask a Question
Marked as best answer by a Subject Expert

frogdreck123456

  • Sr. Member
  • ****
  • Posts: 329
Answer to Question 1

A, C, D
Primary prevention refers to specific action taken to optimize the health of the older individual by helping him or her become more resistant to disease or to ensure that the environment will be less harmful.

Answer to Question 2

B
To measure the appropriate intensity while walking for exercise, many apply the talk test: the person exercising should be able to carry on a conversation while walking. Breathing may be slightly labored, but a conversation should still be possible. The walker should not be out of breath. The other suggestions may or may not be appropriate for individual patients.




bb

  • Member
  • Posts: 544
Reply 2 on: Jul 11, 2018
Wow, this really help


nanny

  • Member
  • Posts: 313
Reply 3 on: Yesterday
:D TYSM

 

Did you know?

Autoimmune diseases occur when the immune system destroys its own healthy tissues. When this occurs, white blood cells cannot distinguish between pathogens and normal cells.

Did you know?

Multiple experimental evidences have confirmed that at the molecular level, cancer is caused by lesions in cellular DNA.

Did you know?

When Gabriel Fahrenheit invented the first mercury thermometer, he called "zero degrees" the lowest temperature he was able to attain with a mixture of ice and salt. For the upper point of his scale, he used 96°, which he measured as normal human body temperature (we know it to be 98.6° today because of more accurate thermometers).

Did you know?

Patients who have been on total parenteral nutrition for more than a few days may need to have foods gradually reintroduced to give the digestive tract time to start working again.

Did you know?

Multiple sclerosis is a condition wherein the body's nervous system is weakened by an autoimmune reaction that attacks the myelin sheaths of neurons.

For a complete list of videos, visit our video library