Which of the following techniques yield a simple random sample?
A. choosing volunteers from an introductory nursing class to participate
B. listing individuals by ethnic group and choosing a proportion from within each group at random
C. numbering all elements of a sampling frame and using a random number table to pick individuals
D. randomly selecting schools, and then sampling everyone within each school
ANS: C
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A) Infertility B) Less than 40 years of age C) Oral contraceptive use D) Breastfeeding
Now, doctors and nurses are to consider the pregnant woman as two distinctly separate entities, providing dual care for each. This circumstance leads to:
a. more ethical dilemmas b. fewer ethical dilemmas c. more lawsuits d. better quality of care for both
The family of a client with an eating disorder has an enmeshed and enabling family system. What intervention would be appropriate for the nurse to use in assisting this family?
A) Encourage the family to avoid discussing their feelings about the client's illness. B) Assist the family to challenge the client's behavior. C) Teach the family how to manipulate the client's environment. D) Problem-solve ways to obtain appropriate privacy within the family.
A client who is in a severely abusive relationship is admitted to a psychiatric inpatient unit. The client fears for her life. A staff nurse asks, "Why doesn't she just leave him?" Which is the nursing supervisor's most appropriate reply?
A. "These clients don't know life any other way, and change is not an option until they have improved insight." B. "These clients have limited skills and few vocational abilities to be able to make it on their own." C. "These clients often have a lack of financial independence to support themselves and their children, and most have religious beliefs prohibiting divorce and separation." D. "These clients are paralyzed into inaction by a combination of physical threats and a sense of powerlessness."