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SAVANNAHHOOPER23 · **on:** Jul 17, 2018

Today's healthcare system emphasizes prevention rather than treatment of disease. The benefits of preventative education cannot be underestimated.

What is an example of secondary healthcare services that nurses contribute as nursing interventions to help the client achieve the highest level of health? A) Prenatal care for mothers and infants
B) Antismoking campaigns
C) Mammography for women
D) Specific medical or surgical therapies

Question 2

The ABO and Rh blood groups are inherited combinations of antigens and antibodies. A nurse is reviewing the four blood groups with a client who is scheduled to have a blood transfusion.

Based on this information, the client wants to know what it means to be a universal recipient. The nurse's best response to the client would be which blood group? A) A
B) B
C) AB
D) O

dominiqueenicolee · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 17, 2018

Answer to Question 1

D
Feedback:
Secondary healthcare services provide individuals with specific medical or surgical therapies generally in acute care settings. Prevention services, also called primary healthcare services, have had significant positive effects on healthcare issues, such as prenatal care for mothers and infants, antismoking campaigns, and mammography for women.

Answer to Question 2

C
Feedback:
The universal recipient blood type is AB, not A or B. The universal donor blood type is O.