A community health nurse is providing care to a client who has stopped taking his prescribed blood pressure

medication. Which of the following actions should the nurse take first to promote adherence to treatment.

Inform the provider of the client's decision.

Determine the client's reason for discontinuing the medication.

Discuss the consequences of discontinuing the medication with the client.

Using the nursing process, the first step the nurse should take is to assess the client. By determining the

client's reason for discontinuing the medication, the nurse can promote adherence to treatment.

A clinic nurse is caring for a client who reports taking ginkgo biloba for several weeks since seeing a naturapathic

healer. The nurse should instruct the client that ginkgo biloba may alter the effects of which of the following

medications?

Warfarin

Metoprolol

Digoxin

Ginkgo biloba can hinder coagulation; therefore, the nurse should instruct the client that ginkgo biloba

may alter the effects of warfarin.

A community health nurse is preparing a community presentation about the epidemiological triangle. Which of the

following elements is a host.?

Salmonella on a wood cutting board.

A raccoon with rabies

A farm containing pesticides.

a factory with high noise levels.

The epidemiological triangle is a model of the agent-host environment interaction that causes disease.

The host is a living species, either human or animal, that is capable of being infected ore affected by an

agent.

A community health nurse is providing anticipatory guidance to a group of adolescents. To reduce premature

deaths in this age group, which of the following topics would be most important to discuss.

Underage smoking

Safe sex practices

Safety belt use.

Automobile crashes are currently the leading cause of death among adolescents; therefore, this topic is

important to discuss when providing anticipatory guidance to reduce premature deaths in the age group.

A newly licensed nurse in a public health agency is assigned to assist with the task force that is responsible for the

core function of assessment. Which of the following is a task that the nurse could be assigned that would be

consistent with the focus of the task force?

Investigating local health hazards.

updating local policies to support community health efforts.

Collaborating with community agencies to improve availability of services.

Investigating health hazards of the local community is a component of the public health core function of

assessment.