Choose the best answer: Harry is a 68-yr-old farmer who presents to your clinic for his first check-up in years. Until eligible for Medicare, he had only catastrophic health insurance and can’t remember the last time he was seen by a provider. Outside of three years in the Army, Harry has lived his entire life on a farm. He is married with four adult children, reports feeling “pretty good” most days. He shares that he has a chronically “stiff ankle” secondary to being stepped on by a cow years ago and a “little bit of wheezing with a cough” from time to time. His respiratory symptoms flared most recently while putting up hay and have not fully resolved. He acknowledges having an intermittently productive cough, but assures you it hasn’t bothered him enough to keep him from milking the cows. Because you have learned a bit about rural health risks and disparities, you focus your assessment, aware that Harry is at greater risk for____________
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Choose the best answer: Individuals can experience hypersens…
Choose the best answer: Individuals can experience hypersensitive irritability, malaise, generalized pain, and sleep disturbance during acute withdrawal from alcohol. This profoundly negative emotional state is known as____:
Choose the best answer: On average, which of the following i…
Choose the best answer: On average, which of the following is the best predictor of good health and well-being?
Choose the best answer: Administering the AUDIT-C is an exam…
Choose the best answer: Administering the AUDIT-C is an example of:
True or False? Alcohol has been classified by the Internatio…
True or False? Alcohol has been classified by the International Agency for Research on Cancer as a Group 1 carcinogen, causally linked to cancers of the esophagus, liver, colon, rectum, and breast. .
True or False? Family members of those with alcohol use diso…
True or False? Family members of those with alcohol use disorder (AUD) have more health problems and more costly medical care than family members of those without AUD.
Choose the best answer: Even though bodies change over time…
Choose the best answer: Even though bodies change over time and individuals can develop new illnesses or physical and behavioral characteristics, our _______ remains stable and unchanged.
True or False? If you are unable to find credible evidence t…
True or False? If you are unable to find credible evidence to guide your practice, you should not take action. It would be unethical for a nurse to intervene in a way that has not yet been widely tested and proven to work.
Choose the best answer: Rural residents are more likely than…
Choose the best answer: Rural residents are more likely than urban residents to_____:
Choose the best answer: The Emergency Nurses Association and…
Choose the best answer: The Emergency Nurses Association and the International Nursing Society on Addiction issued a joint recommendation for responding to nurses with substance use disorders (SUDs). The four actions they called for include:____