A team of public health nurses are strategizing around a new initiative that will address screening, education, and management of hypertension in residents of the community.
Which of the following facts surrounding hypertension should underlie the nurses' design of this health initiative?
A) Many of the pathophysiological effects of hypertension are poorly understood in the health literature.
B) Hypertension is difficult to identify in many of the individuals who are at highest risk of the problem.
C) Hypertension tends to be inadequately managed in many of the people who have been diagnosed with the problem.
D) Hypertension is among the health problems that are most difficult to treat successfully.
Question 2
A patient is recovering from a kidney transplant. He is receiving cyclosporine after surgery. The purpose of this drug is to
a. promote diuresis.
b. prevent infection.
c. manage pain.
d. suppress the immune response.
Labeling of black cohosh: (a) front label with general health claim
Health care - patient-centered
A computerized patient registration form used by offices with electronic health records.
Disease: Major environmental health problems
Vitamin D plays a major role in bone health
Introducing Public Administration, 8/E