A nurse is reviewing a study comparing a new alcohol screening instrument to an existing instrument in predicting patients' withdrawal symptoms during hospital admissions
The nurse notes that the confidence interval of the study includes a relative risk (RR) of 1 . What are the implications of this fact?
A) The screening instruments are unable to predict patients' risks for alcohol withdrawal.
B) Using the new instrument will result in more unanticipated cases of withdrawal.
C) The new instrument is a modest improvement on the existing instrument.
D) The new instrument may be no better than the existing one in predicting withdrawal.
D
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A nursing student is nearing graduation and is preparing to write the NCLEX-PN®. In preparation for the exam, the student has familiarized herself with computer adaptive testing (CAT). Which of the following statements about CAT is most accurate?
A) CAT allows an exam to be continually customized to a student's performance. B) CAT ensures that two students never answer the same question during an exam. C) CAT allows you to view your test results immediately after answering each question. D) CAT allows you to give feedback to the test creators as you are writing the exam.
The postanesthesia-care unit (PACU) nurse is caring for a patient who has arrived from the operating room and is still unconscious
During the initial assessment, the nurse notices that the patient's skin is blue and dusky, so she looks, listens, and feels for breathing. She determines the patient is not breathing. The priority intervention is to: A) Check an oxygen saturation rate, continue to monitor for apnea, and perform a focused assessment. B) Treat the possible airway obstruction by tilting the head back and pushing forward on the angle of the lower jaw. C) Check the arterial pulses and place the patient in the Trendelenburg position. D) Call a code blue and then get a rapid intubation kit and prepare to reintubate.
The nurse is interviewing community members as part of a community assessment. Which of the following groups of people would the community health nurse most likely want to interview?
a. Bankers who could share economic data on the community b. Long-time residents who were informal leaders in the community c. Pastors and other religious leaders who share the faith of the community d. Realtors who could share housing and living conditions in the community
During menstruation:
a. The endometrium is discharged from the body b. A sex cell is released c. Erectile tissue become hard d. A male sex cell and a female sex cell unite