The staff of a medical unit has agreed to pilot test a new, evidence-based educational initiative that addresses the learning needs of adults who have been recently diagnosed with type 2 diabetes
A pilot test is likely to accomplish which of the following?
A) Determine whether the existing research on diabetes education is valid and reliable.
B) Reduce the incidence of type 2 diabetes among local adults.
C) Gauge whether nurses are qualified to perform patient and family teaching related to diabetes.
D) Indicate whether the initiative is feasible to implement and applicable to the population.
D
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a. "If I could be asleep while they did the colonoscopy, it might be alright." b. "I did have a cousin who was treated for breast cancer." c. "Both my mother and father died of heart problems." d. "Because my employer was paying for the health screening, I thought I might go."
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a) Ask the primary care provider. b) Check the website at the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). c) Read the vaccine manufacturer's insert. d) Contact the pharmacist.
The patient comes to the emergency department and tells the nurse, "I am going to get clean. I haven't had any drugs or any alcohol for 2 days." The nurse plans care based on the knowledge that withdrawal from which substance can be life threatening?
1. Heroin 2. Alcohol 3. Cocaine 4. Marijuana