When Conducting an Initial Assessment, a Patient Informs the Nurse

question 5

Multiple Choice

When conducting an initial assessment, a patient informs the nurse about difficulty getting to doctors' appointments due to lack of transportation. When considering examples of PRECEDE Diagnostic Behavioral Factors, the nurse recognizes this as what type of factor?

• A) Reinforcing factor
• B) Epidemiologic factor
• C) Enabling factor
• D) Predisposing factor

Implement correct procedures for vital sign measurement to ensure accuracy.

Evaluate the significance of changes in vital signs and the appropriate response strategies.

Understand the impact of patient positioning and environment on vital sign readings.

Apply knowledge of vital sign monitoring in the care of postsurgical and critically ill patients.

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