Which is a major factor regulating sleep?
1) Electrical impulses transmitted to the cerebellum
2) Level of sympathetic nervous system stimulation
3) Amount of sleep a person has become accustomed
4) Amount of light received through the eyes
ANS: 4
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A nurse cares for a client newly diagnosed with Graves' disease. The client's mother asks, "I have diabetes mellitus. Am I responsible for my daughter's disease?" How should the nurse respond?
a. "The fact that you have diabetes did not cause your daughter to have Graves' disease. No connection is known between Graves' disease and diabetes." b. "An association has been noted between Graves' disease and diabetes, but the fact that you have diabetes did not cause your daughter to have Graves' disease." c. "Graves' disease is associated with autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, but not with a disease such as diabetes mellitus." d. "Unfortunately, Graves' disease is associated with diabetes, and your diabetes could have led to your daughter having Graves' disease."
Which of the following visual changes is not usually associated with normal aging?
a. presbyopia b. yellowing of the lens c. night blindness d. decreased accommodation
Increasing the sample size would most likely result in:
A) increasing the statistical significance of the findings B) decreasing the number of variables studied C) increasing the use of complicated statistical procedures D) decreasing the validity and reliability of the findings
The nurse has placed a patient on high-risk alert for falls. Which of the following observations by the nurse would indicate that the patient has an understanding of this alert?
a. The patient removes the high alert armband to bathe. b. The patient wears the red nonslip footwear. c. The call light is kept on the bedside table. d. The patient insists on taking a "water" pill on home schedule in the evening.