Patients with AIDS are at risk of opportunistic infections because the HIV affects which cells?
1. Helper T lymphocytes
2. Macrophages
3. Red blood cells
4. Neutrophils
Correct Answer: 1
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A client becomes upset when touched by a staff member who is attempting to assess the client's blood pressure. The nurse recognizes that there is a problem with:
1. Confidentiality. 2. Staff control. 3. Duty to protect. 4. Informed consent.
The patient requires a controlled substance for the treatment of pain. What is true of the advanced nurse practitioner's role in independently prescribing this medication?
1. Some states allow advanced nurse practitioners to prescribe controlled substances. 2. There are no states in which any advanced nurse practitioner can prescribe controlled substances. 3. Prescriptive authority allows all advanced practice nurses to prescribe any medication necessary for the treatment of their patients. 4. Prescriptive authority is limited to nurse anesthetists.
John Stuart Mill's insistence that in order for causation to be demonstrated, there must be no alternative explanation for why a change in one variable leads to a change in the other variable
This concept of alternative explanations is the idea that underlies which type of validity? a. Statistical conclusion validity b. Internal validity c. Construct validity d. External validity
During the admission process, the nurse obtains information about a patient through the physical assessment and diagnostic testing. Based on the data shown in the accompanying figure, which nursing diagnosis is appropriate?
a. Deficient fluid volume b. Impaired gas exchange c. Risk for injury: Seizures d. Risk for impaired skin integrity