Which statement best describes a Schilling test?
a. Administration of radioactive cobalamin and the measurement of its excretion in the urine to test for vitamin B12 deficiency
b. Measurement of antigen-antibody immune complexes in the blood to test for hemolytic anemia
c. Measurement of serum ferritin and total iron-binding capacity in the blood to test for iron deficiency anemia
d. Administration of folate and measurement in 2 hours of its level in a blood sample to test for folic acid deficiency anemia.
Answer: a. Administration of radioactive cobalamin and the measurement of its excretion in the urine to test for vitamin B12 deficiency
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1. Obtain a Spanish/English dictionary and attempt to speak in Spanish. 2. Find an interpreter to help the client and the nursing student communicate. 3. Ask a family member who speaks English to act as the interpreter. 4. Inform the instructor that the client does not speak English, and request a different client assignment.
A posttest-only design with a comparison group, which is a quasi-experimental study, lacks conditions present in an experimental study. Which of the following are lacking in this type of study design? (Select all that apply.)
a. There is no control group. b. There is no intervention. c. There is no random assignment to group. d. Group size is not predetermined. e. Generalization is not possible.
A child with diazepam (Valium) poisoning has been admitted to the emergency department. What antidote does the nurse anticipate being prescribed?
a. Succimer (Chemet) b. EDTA (Versenate) c. Flumazenil (Romazicon) d. Octreotide acetate (Sandostatin)
The nurse is reviewing the difference between evaluation and assessment with a new graduate nurse. What should the nurse emphasize as the major difference between these two steps in the nursing process?
1. Assessment is done at the beginning of the process. 2. Evaluation is completed at the end of the process. 3. They are the same and there is no need to differentiate. 4. The difference is in how the data are used.