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piesebel · **on:** Jul 19, 2018

Which point should the nurse include when teaching about concurrent use of alternative and prescription medicines?

a. Health care providers need to know when the patient is using both.
b. Health care provider cultural incompetence on this topic is relatively high.
c. Most nursing actions are consciously directed towards fulfilling holistic goals.
d. It is usually dangerous to combine these two types of patient-focused therapies.

Question 2

What nursing activity is directed towards addressing a major goal identified by Healthy People 2010?

a. Monitoring the urinary output of an older postsurgical patient
b. Educating a pregnant woman about the benefits of breastfeeding
c. Providing free depression screenings for single, teenage mothers
d. Providing a patient who has had several teeth extracted with a liquid diet

gcook · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 19, 2018

Answer to Question 1

ANS: A
Only when the provider has accurate information about all therapies in use can safe, effective care be provided. The provider cannot function with incomplete assessment information. New standards for cultural competency exist and are generally observable. It is not univer-sally true that nurses focus on holistic goals because many actions are designed to alleviate symptoms. Alternative and conventional therapies can be effectively used together.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: C
One of the major goals for Healthy People 2010 was to eliminate health disparities. Providing depression screening for an identified underserved population would be an example of such focus. Although appropriate, the remaining options do not address that stated goal.