What is the most influential factor that has shaped the nursing profession?
1) Physicians' need for handmaidens
2) Societal need for health care outside the home
3) Military demand for nurses in the field
4) Germ theory influence on sanitation
ANS: 3
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A) will block the excretion of uric acid. B) neutralizes uric acid. C) lowers the formation of uric acid. D) increases the excretion of uric acid.
A patient presents to the emergency department and says, "I am so dizzy that it is scaring me." Monitoring reveals the patient's blood pressure is 78/52 mmHg and heart rate is 44 beats per minutes. Which nursing intervention is indicated?
1. Administer antianxiety medication. 2. Administer atropine. 3. Instruct the patient to cough forcefully. 4. Monitor the patient while contacting the primary care provider.
Which of the following changed the availability of federal services accessible to certain immigrants to the United States?
1. Migrant Health Act of 1962 2. Supplemental Security Income (SSI) 3. Welfare Reform legislation of 1996 4. Food stamps
The proportion of persons with an observation characteristic of a disease who have the disease is known as _____ value.
A. sensitivity positive specific B. negative specific C. positive predictive D. negative predictive