VNSG 1304: Chapter 4 Prep
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Which nursing intervention is an example of tertiary preventative care?
Assisting with speech therapy with a traumatic brain injury.
The definition of chronic conditions can be complex. Which factors would a nurse expect to be
included in the definition of chronic conditions?
- Diseases that have a prolonged course
- Diseases that do not resolve spontaneously
- Diseases where complete cures are rare
According to Maslow, which category of needs represents the most basic on the hierarchy?
Physiologic needs
The nurse is explaining primary and secondary care to the client. Which nursing activity
reflects secondary care provided by the nurse?
Ordering a mammography
Which clients, at risk for health disparities, may require additional assistance from the nurse in
order to access healthcare services?
- Older adult clients in a senior citizen complex
- Clients who have been unemployed for several months
- Migrant Farm Workers
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The nurse understands that an idiopathic illness is a condition whose cause is unexplained.
Which is an example of idiopathic illness?
Fever of unknown origin
The body's attempt to restore balance through self-regulatory mechanisms is termed:
Homeostasis
Managed care organizations (MCO's) are insurers who carefully plan and closely supervise
the distribution of health care services. What factor is one of the goals of managed care?
Preventing illness through the screening and promotion of health activities
What is a factor upon which the financial stability of health maintenance organizations
(HMO's)is based?
Keeping clients healthy and out of the hospital through periodic screening, health
education, and preventative services
The Employee Health Nurse has been providing counseling to the client for the past year. The
client has exhibited all of the stages in the Stages of Change Model. Place in order the stages
the client established during the past year.
- The client tells the nurse that he does not know why he was referred to the nurse and
does not have a drinking problem.
- The client informs the nurse that he has thought about obtaining literature on alcohol abuse.
- The client took written and verbal information from the nurse about alcohol cessation.
- The client attends AA meetings and discards alcohol from the home.
- The client maintains sobriety and provides support for another member of AA.
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