Questions with Accurate Answers
A community health nurse is teaching fire safety, which acronym can represent a
simple way to use a fire extinguisher? correct answer The answer is the acronym,
PASS.
Pull
Aim
Squeeze
Sweep
A lot on culturally competent care.
One question on Asian Americans.
One question on African Americans. correct answer African American rationale:
It's more related to church being a significant source of social support for the
African American population.
Asian American culture rationale: The oldest male is often the decision maker.
An individual's definition of health. correct answer Individuals' views of health
vary among different cultural orientations.
Individual perceptions and definitions of health are affected by a person's health
beliefs and change as a person ages. For example, the definition of health for
older people is often influenced by the absence of disease and disability, the
maintenance of physical and cognitive functioning, having connections with
others, and health practices a person uses regularly. Thus, you consider the total
person and his or her environment to individualize nursing care and enhance a
patient's health.
,The World Health Organization (WHO) defines health as a "state of complete
physical, mental, and social well-being, not merely the absence of disease or
infirmity".
Chamberlain care is integral to the mindful actions of student and faculty at
Chamberlain. correct answer - weird question, professor said just to remember
this sentence/rationale.
Complementary and alternative therapies. Lookup acupuncture.
through acupuncture a therapist is one that manupulates a series of channels to
reestablish the flow of vital imagery in the body - treats pain, addiction, and other
problems. understand the need and uses for/of acupuncture correct answer
Do all babies reach developmental milestones at the same time? correct answer
No. One baby will start walking at 10 months and another baby at 13 months.
Ethnic minorities and the U.S. population
Know that ethnic minorities will increase by the year 2050 correct answer
Health promotion activities. Understand that when a patient tells you that there is
a certain chronic condition/disease in the family (e.g., type 2 diabetes or heart
disease) that it's a risk factor for your patient. It's a family predisposition for a
disease which is a risk factor. It can determine their development of disease.
correct answer
If you have a patient that has a lower literacy level you might want to consider
what type of teaching sessions? correct answer shorter teaching sessions
, In the spirit of the Chamberlain care model of nursing, what is the meaning of
caring for culturally diverse patients? correct answer Rationale: Providing
culturally competent care involves respecting the dignity and openness to
understand all clients.
Know what yin and yang are - focuses on Chinese and southeast Asian
populations (chapter 32). correct answer A concept of traditional Chinese
medicine (TCM). An ancient healing tradition identified in the first century AD
focused on balancing yin/yang energies. It is a set of systematic techniques and
methods, including acupuncture, herbal medicines, massage, acupressure,
moxibustion (use of heat from burning herbs), qi gong (balancing energy flow
through body movement), cupping, and massage.
Yin and yang represent opposing yet complementary phenomena that exist in a
state of dynamic equilibrium. Examples are night/day, hot/cold, and shady/sunny.
Yin represents shade, cold, and inhibition, whereas yang represents fire, light, and
excitement. Yin also represents the inner part of the body, specifically the viscera,
liver, heart, spleen, lung, and kidney, whereas yang represents the outer part,
specifically the bowels, stomach, and bladder.
Harmony and balance in every aspect of life are the keys to health, including
yin/yang balance. Practitioners believe that disease occurs when there is an
imbalance in these two paired opposites. Imbalance occurs as excess or
deficiencies in three areas: external (six "evils" linked to weather and climate,
including wind, cold, fire, damp, summer heat, and dryness), internal (originate in
emotions and affect different organs, such as anger [liver], joy [heart], or fear
[kidney]), or neither internal nor external (congenital weak constitutions, such as
birth defects, trauma, overexertion, excessive sexual activity, poor-quality diet,
and poisons).
Imbalance ultimately leads to disruption of vital energy, qi, which then
compromises the body-mind-spirit of the person, causing "disease." Disruptions in