chapter 1: concepts of health and disease

A nurse who has worked with ostomy clients for several years is adept at measuring and cutting the stoma wafer to the correct size for each client's stoma. This is an example of the nurse using:

clinical expertise

A client delivers a child via vaginal birth after having an uneventful prenatal course. After the infant is born, the nurse discovers an extra digit. The client states that she had the same thing when she was born. What does the nurse recognize that this defect is considered?

Congenital condition

Which question is an example of an epidemiological study?

Does smoking cause heart disease?

Which statement is an example of a prognosis?

The client's chance of a full recovery is 50%.

The nurse documents which assessment data as a symptom?

report of pain

Facility policies on wound dressing selection refer the nurse to a dressing algorithm. The nurse anticipates that the algorithm will include:

a step-by-step decision-making tree for dressing selection.

After teaching a client, the nurse wants to see if the client understands the risk factors for heart disease. Which response by the client would indicate the need for further instruction?

"I will switch from smoking to chewing tobacco."

the parents of a child with spina bifida ask what caused the condition. Which factor would the nurse identify as the most likely etiologic factor in the child's history?

Insufficient maternal folic acid intake

A client has been admitted to the intensive care unit with a myocardial infarction. After the client recovers from the acute course of the event and ready for discharge, the nurse provides information about the beta adrenergic blocker, atenolol, that the client will take to prevent complications after the MI. What type of prevention is the nurse providing?

Tertiary prevention

A client tests positive for an infectious disease but does not have any symptoms. The physician informs the client that she is capable of infecting others. Which stage of the clinical course is this client experiencing?

carrier state