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Which of the following is one of the main goals for Healthy People 2010?
- A. reduction of health care costs
- B. elimination of health disparities
- C. investigation of substance abuse
- D. determination of an acceptable morbidity rate
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Healthy People 2010 has as its main goal elimination of health disparities among the U.S. population. Healthy People 2010 is a set of health objectives for the nation to achieve over the first decade of the twenty-first century and was developed by the Surgeon General's office. Earlier editions of this report, Healthy People and Healthy People 2000: National Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Objectives established national health objectives and served as the basis for the development of state and community plans.
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A syringe pump is a type of electronic infusion pump used to infuse fluids or medications directly from a syringe. This device is commonly used for:
- A. solutions administered in obstetrics.
- B. dilute antibiotics.
- C. large volumes of IV solution.
- D. the neonatal and pediatric populations.
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Small volumes of medication or fluids are delivered and sometimes at slow rates to neonates and pediatric clients. The syringe pump allows precise infusion of small volumes. Choice 1 is incorrect because a syringe pump can be used in almost any setting, but is not generally for adult clients. Choices 2 and 3 are incorrect because large volumes of fluids are not administered with a syringe pump.
A nurse suspects a patient is developing Bell's Palsy. The nurse wants to test the function of cranial nerve VII. Which of the following would be the most appropriate testing procedures?
- A. Test the taste sensation over the back of the tongue and activation of the facial muscles.
- B. Test the taste sensation over the front of the tongue and activation of the facial muscles.
- C. Test the sensation of the facial muscles and sensation of the back of the tongue.
- D. Test the sensation of the facial muscles and sensation of the front of the tongue.
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: The facial nerve (VII) is motor to the face and sensory to the anterior tongue.
Which of the following developmental milestones for a 6-month-old child should be screened by the nurse during a routine office visit?
- A. standing while holding something
- B. rolling over
- C. sitting up
- D. creeping
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Rolling over occurs between 4 and 6 months of age. Sitting up occurs between 7 and 8 months, creeping between 9 and 10 months, and standing between 8 and 10 months.
Central venous access devices (CVADs) are frequently utilized to administer chemotherapy. What is an advantage of using CVADs for chemotherapeutic agent administration?
- A. CVADs are less expensive than a peripheral IV
- B. Weekly administration is possible
- C. Chemotherapeutic agents can be caustic to smaller veins
- D. The client or family can administer the drug at home
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: CVADs allow administration of vesicant chemotherapeutic drugs into larger veins, reducing damage to smaller peripheral veins. They are more expensive, dosing varies, and home administration is not standard.
An appraisal of self-care practices involves an assessment of:
- A. all diagnostic tests.
- B. home treatment practices, including nurse visits for the sick or disabled.
- C. the family's capability to get health insurance.
- D. caregiving needs and the potential for strain.
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Short-term stressors impinging on a family include unemployment, being on welfare, the threat of termination, health, hospitalization, convalescence, depression, and suicidal thoughts. Long-term stressors impinging on the family include emotional distance, lack of communication in families (especially within marital relationships), continual geographical movement from one community to the next (so that no stable and sufficient social network is established), a spouse's minimal participation in family life, and excessive and frequent drinking bouts. Family strengths include the presence of a social support system, interest in and capability to provide child care, motivation for employment, and financial self-sufficiency, self-care beliefs, values, health-seeking behaviors, and realistic goals and limitations.