After teaching a group of nursing students about the different types of chemotherapeutic agents used to treat breast cancer, the instructor determines that the teaching was successful when the students identify which of the following as an example of
a selective estrogen receptor modulator (SERM)? (Select all that apply.) A) Tamoxifen
B) Letrozole
C) Raloxifene
D) Exemestane
E) Anastrozole
A, C
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Examples of SERMs include tamoxifen and raloxifene. Letrozole, exemestane, and anastrozole are examples of aromatase inhibitors.
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Which nursing focus is appropriate when dealing with chronic conditions?
a. Basing care on the ability to cure b. Assisting the patient to attain the highest possible level physically, socially, psychologically, and spiritually c. Using more sophisticated, high-technology interventions to assist the patient d. Allowing patients to deny a disability because it will pass
The nursing student who recently married realizes that one of the tasks of the new family is:
1. Integrating new family members. 2. Maintaining a satisfying marital relationship. 3. Strengthening the marital relationship. 4. Learning to live together.
The technological domain:
a. affects all of the other domains. b. determines realistic outcomes. c. primarily addresses computerized patient data. d. refers to digital technology.
How is PICO [Patient/population/problem; Intervention/treatment; Comparison/intervention/treatment; Outcome(s)] used in EBP?
a. It is used to formulate the practice question. b. It is used in evidence retrieval. c. It is used to grade the evidence. d. It is used to critique practice guidelines.