Which of the following activities reflect the nurse’s role in health p

Which of the following activities reflect the nurse’s role in health promotion and wellness? (Se-lect all that apply.)

1. Screening the local homeless population for head lice
2. Monitoring blood pressures at a community health fair
3. Organizing a foot race to benefit national cancer research
4. Consulting a teenage mother on breast-feeding techniques
5. Providing literature on smoking cessation to client families
6. Presenting a nursing workshop on the care of diabetic ulcers

ANSWER

ANS: 1, 2, 4, 5
Nursing responds to this greater concern for health promotion by providing programs in the community such as health fairs and wellness programs; educational programs for specific diseas-es; and client and family teaching activities in hospitals, clinics, primary care facilities, and other health care settings.
While admirable, organizing a benefit for cancer research is not an activity directed towards health promotion and wellness but rather towards research that will benefit the population as a whole rather than specific individuals.
Presenting a workshop on a specific nursing intervention is not an activity directed toward health promotion and wellness but rather towards professional development of the nurses.