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With All Correct Answers.
Many patients have had the COVID-19 vaccination. This is an example of ___________health
prevention. - ✔✔✔ - Primary Health Prevention. Primary prevention is the prevention of
disease and disability and focuses on improving an individual's overall health and well-being.
Immunizations and health education are examples of primary prevention
You are working on a medical surgical unit and are caring for a 24-year-old patient who is 3
hours post-op. The patient seems confused and restless since you assessed her an hour ago.
You have a gut feeling that something is very wrong. This is an example of ____________________
thinking. - ✔✔✔ - Intuitive. : Intuitive thinking is a "gut feeling" that something is wrong or that
the nurse should do something, even if there is no real evidence to support that feeling.
Preparing for the Health History interview and Assessment include which of the following?
(Select all that apply)
1. Reviewing the patient's record before the interview.
2. Gather equipment needed for assessment.
3. Verify Doctor's order.
4. Arrange environment to be private, free from noise/distractions, good lighting, and
comfortable temperature.
5. Introduction and explanation of procedure. - ✔✔✔ - 1 2 4 5
What are the four techniques of health assessment? - ✔✔✔ - Inspection, auscultation,
percussion, palpation
During your assessment of a 17-year-old female, you determine that she uses tanning beds on a
regular basis. You should inform her that: 1. Tanning beds should not be used by persons under
18 years of age. 2. Tanning beds increase the risk of melanoma by 75%. 3. Tanning beds are less
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dangerous than sun exposure. 4. 1 and 2 - ✔✔✔ - 1. Is correct. Tanning beds should not be
used by persons under 18 years of age due to the hazards of ultraviolet radiation.
2. Is correct. Tanning beds increase the risk of melanoma by 75%.
3 is incorrect. Tanning beds are not less dangerous than sun exposure.
4 is correct. Both 1 and 2 are correct answers.
5 is incorrect. Answer 3 is incorrect.
The nurse pinches the patient's skin over the clavicle between two fingers and lets it go. The skin
remains tented and slowly returns to the flat position. The nurse knows this is a sign of: 1.
Dehydration. 2. A large amount of recent weight gain. 3. Inflammation. 4. Poor peripheral
circulation. - ✔✔✔ - Answer: 1
1.
This is correct. Poor turgor can indicate dehydration.
2.
This is incorrect. Poor turgor can indicate recent weight loss, not weight gain.
3.
This is incorrect. Poor turgor is not a sign of inflammation.
4.
This is incorrect. Poor turgor is not a sign of poor peripheral circulation.
When the nurse takes the patient's radial pulse for 1 minute, he notes a dysrhythmia. The first
action that should be done is to:
1. Record a description of the dysrhythmia in the patient's record. 2. Wait 5 minutes and retake
the radial pulse. 3. Take the pulse apically for 1 full minute. 4. Check the patient's record for the
presence of a previous dysrhythmia. - ✔✔✔ - Answer: 3. When a radial is irregular, you should
always take an AP for 1 minute
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