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Question 1 of 5

What is the term for a learning process whereby knowledge, attitudes, and practice of people are changed to improve the health status of individuals, families, or communities?

A. Motivating

B. Counseling

C. Disease prevention

D. Health education

Expert Explanatory Rationale

Correct Answer: Health education

Question 2 of 5

A child is diagnosed with poison ivy. The mother tells the nurse that she does not know how her child contracted the rash since he had not been playing in wooded areas. As the nurse asks questions about possible contact, which of the following would the nurse recognize as highest risk for exposure?

A. Playing with toys in a backyard flower garden

B. Eating small amounts of grass while playing 'farm'

C. Playing with cars on the pavement near burning leaves

D. Throwing a ball to a neighborhood child who has poison ivy

Expert Explanatory Rationale

Correct Answer: Playing with cars on the pavement near burning leaves

Question 3 of 5

True or False: Vertical transmission is the disease-causing agent (pathogen) from mother to baby during the period immediately before and after birth.

A. TRUE

B. FALSE

Expert Explanatory Rationale

Correct Answer: TRUE

Question 4 of 5

A client with multiple sclerosis is receiving baclofen (Lioresal). The nurse should monitor the client for which of the following side effects?

A. Hypertension

B. Muscle spasms

C. Drowsiness

D. Tachycardia

Expert Explanatory Rationale

Correct Answer: Drowsiness

Question 5 of 5

Which presentation of an infectious disease is acquired through an indirect transmission?

A. Syphilis contracted from a sexual partner.

B. Measles resulting from a daycare center outbreak.

C. Malaria following exposure in a mosquito-infested area.

D. Nosocomial influenza spreading rapidly in a long-term care center.

Expert Explanatory Rationale

Correct Answer: Malaria following exposure in a mosquito-infested area.

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