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1. Which nurse most likely kept records on sanitation techniques and the effects on health? a. Florence Nightingale b. Mary Nutting c. Clara Barton d. Lillian Wald - CORRECT ANSWERS-ANS: A Nightingale was the first practicing nurse epidemiologist. Her statistical analyses connected poor sanitation with cholera and dysentery. Mary Nutting, Clara Barton, and Lillian Wald came after Nightingale, each contributing to the nursing profession in her own way. Mary Nutting was instrumental in mo...

1. The nurse is caring for a client receiving tamoxifen for the treatment of breast cancer. Which action should the nurse include in the client's plan of care? a. Increase fluid intake. b. Monitor sodium chloride intake. c. Assist the client in coping with hot flashes. d. Encourage milk products to increase calcium intake. - CORRECT ANSWERS-c. Assist the client in coping with hot flashes. Tamoxifen, an estrogen receptor blocking agent, can cause hot flashes, so client education regardin...

The nurse is planning health teaching for a client starting on levothyroxine. What health teaching about this drug would the nurse include? a. The need to take the drug when the client feels fatigued and weak. b. The need to report chest pain and dyspnea when starting the drug. c. The need to check blood pressure and pulse every day. d. The need to rotate injection sites when giving self the drug. - CORRECT ANSWERS-ANS: B Levothyroxine is a replacement hormone for clients who have hypothy...