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1. At an international nursingconference, manydiscussions and breakout sessions focused on
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A) Interests in keepingthe elderlypopulation engaged in such activities as book pz pz pz pz z
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B) Increase in thenumber of chair aerobics classes provided in the skilled care pz pz pz pz pz pz pz pz pz pz pz pz
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C) Interventions geared toward keeping the elderly population diagnosed with diabetes pz pz pz pz pz pz pz pz pz
mellitus under tight blood glucose control by providing in-home cooking classes
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D) Providingtransportation forrenal dialysis patients to and from theirhemodialysis pz pz pz pz pz pz pz pz pz pz
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E) Providinghandwashingteachingsessionstoa groupof youngchildren Ans: pz pz z
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A, B, C, E
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Feedback:
The WHO definition of health is defined as ―a state of complete physical, mental, and social
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well-being and not merely the absence of disease and infirmity.‖ Engaging in book reviews
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facilitates mental and social well-being; chair aerobics helps facilitate physical well-being;
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and assisting with tight control of diabetes helps with facilitating physical well-being even
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though the person has a chronicdisease. Handwashing is vital in the prevention of disease and
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spread of germs.
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2. A community health nurse is teaching a group of recent graduates about the large variety
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of factors that influence an individual's health or lack thereof. The nurse is referringto
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theHealthy People2020 report from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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as a teaching example. Of the following aspects discussed, which would be considered a
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determinant of health that is outside the focus of this report?
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A) The client has a diverse background by being of Asian and Native American pz pz pz pz pz pz pz pz pz pz pz pz
descent and practices variousalternative therapies tominimizeeffects ofstress.
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B) The client has a family history of cardiovascular disease related to pz pz pz pz pz pz pz pz pz pz
hypercholesterolemiaandremainsnoncompliantwiththetreatment regime.
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C) Theclient has a good career with exceptional preventative health care benefits. pz pz pz pz pz pz pz pz pz pz pz
D) Theclient lives in an affluent, clean, suburban communitywith access tomany pz pz pz pz pz pz pz pz z
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Feedback:
In Healthy People 2020, the focus is to promote good health to all (such as using alternative
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therapies to minimize effects of stress); achieving health equity and promoting health for all
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(which includes having good health care benefits); and promotinggood health (which
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includes living in aclean communitywith good access to health care). A client's
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noncompliance with treatments to control high cholesterol levels within the presence of a
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family history of CV disease does not meet the ―attaining lives free of preventable disease
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and premature death‖ determinant.
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