A Student Nurse Is Caring for an Adolescent with Frostbite

question 38

Multiple Choice

A student nurse is caring for an adolescent with frostbite of the hand in the emergency department.Which action by the student would require the registered nurse to intervene?

• A) Applies warm blankets to the child
• B) Has the teen wear a warmed gown
• C) Rubs patient's fingers to warm them
• D) Takes teen's watch off of his wrist

Recognize the importance of environmental factors and community infrastructure in disease prevention.

Understand the historical development of public health initiatives and their impact on community health.

Analyze the role of government and non-governmental organizations in the advancement of public health.

Identify key figures and their contributions to public health and nursing.

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Definitions:

Ethically

Pertaining to or dealing with morals or the principles of morality; pertaining to right and wrong in conduct.

Subjective Opinions

Personal views or judgments influenced by individual preferences, feelings, or experiences, rather than by external facts or evidence.

Qualitative Differences

Distinctions that are based on the qualities or characteristics of things, rather than on quantity or numerical measures.

Utilitarianism

The moral philosophy that says that we should act in such ways as to provide the greatest good (understood as happiness or pleasure) for the greatest number of people as we possibly can.