Which type of evaluation of research yields the most precise estimates of treatment effects when describing results?
a. Meta-analysis
b. Meta-synthesis
c. Mixed-methods systematic review
d. Systematic review
ANS: A
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a. Ask the patient about the item and its significance. b. Ask the patient to lock the item with other valuables in the hospital's safe. c. Tell the patient that a family member should take valuables home. d. No action is necessary.
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A) Use a firm and supportive approach to eating and related behaviors. B) Provide ways to reinforce the client's strengths and positive attributes. C) Assist the client in setting practical limits on expectations for self-standards. D) Avoid discussions that focus on food and weight.
Which of the following describes the principal problem with early efforts at ensuring quality of care?
a. No one knows how to measure quality care. b. Professionals resisted and sabotaged such efforts. c. Standards emphasized structure, not process. d. There were no standards as to what represented quality care.
Type III hypersensitivity reactions are a result of which of these?
a. Antibodies coating mast cells by binding to receptors that signal its degranulation, followed by the discharge of preformed mediators b. Antibodies binding to soluble antigens that were released into body fluids and the immune complexes being deposited in the tissues c. Tc cells or lymphokine-producing Th1 cells directly attacking and destroying cellular targets d. Antibodies binding to the antigen on the cell surface