A nurse is performing an admission physical examination on a client who has been bedridden for a month and notices a pressure ulcer on the client's left trochanter area
The ulcer involves full-thickness skin loss and damage to the subcutaneous tissue. This pressure ulcer would be staged as:
a. Stage I.
b. Stage II.
c. Stage III.
d. Stage IV.
ANS: B
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a. It compares the anticipated findings with the findings of similar research. b. It directs the researcher in how to strategize data collection. c. It helps the researcher to identify previous findings that will assist in interpretation of the planned study. d. It reveals the need for the planned research by identifying what others have done.
A patient, recovering from skin grafts to the arm because of burn injuries, is demonstrating an increase of drainage, bleeding, and edema. The nurse prepares to treat which complication?
1. Arthus reaction 2. Serum sickness 3. Type I hypersensitivity reaction 4. Type IV hypersensitivity reaction
When reading the results of a study, the researcher notes that as variable "A" increases there is a corresponding decrease in variable "B." The term used to describe this phenomenon is:
A) correlation coefficient B) analysis of variance C) standard deviation D) covariance
Which of the following forms the basis for ethical conduct in medical research internationally?
a. Jewish Chronic Disease Hospital study b. Nuremberg Code c. Tuskegee studies d. Willowbrook studies