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| According to the Social Policy Statement of the ANA registered Nurses Can and should: |
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-diagnose Human responses to illness
-promote optimum levels of wellness
-prevent illness and maintain health |
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| An underlying focus in any definition of nursing is the RN's responsibility to: |
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| appraise and enhance an individuals health seeking perspective |
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| A jewish patient who adheres to the dietary laws of his faith is in traction and confined to bed. He needs assistance with his evening meal of chicken, rice, beans, roll, and carton of milk. What nursing approach is most representative of promoting wellness? |
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| Nurse D prepares the environment and the overbed table and inspects the contents of the dinner tray. The nurse asks the patient whether he would like to make any substitutions in the foods and fluids he has received. |
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| Using the concept of the wellness-illness continuum, a nursing care plan for a chronically ill patient would outline steps to: |
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| encourage positive health characteristics within the limits of the specific illness |
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