In which type of designs do neither subjects nor individuals administering the treatments know if subjects are receiving experimental interventions or the standard of care?
a. Double-blind experimental
b. Longitudinal (prospective)
c. Quasi-experimental
d. Nonexperimental
a. Double-blind experimental
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The nurse understands that offering chaplain services in the acute care facility supports which healing concept?
A) Cure for disease B) Relief for the hopeless C) Spiritual healing D) Body cleansing
Which of the following statements made by a patient would indicate the need for further education before an electrophysiology procedure?
a. "I need to take all my heart medications the morning of the procedure." b. "The doctor is going to make my heart beat wrong on purpose." c. "I will be awake but relaxed during the procedure." d. "I will be x-rayed during the procedure."
A substance that works only on a specific class of nutrient is called a(n)
a. bolus. b. chyme. c. gastrin. d. enzyme.
A variety of rates can be calculated according to need, including incidence, prevalence, adjusted, and specific rates. What is an adjusted rate?
A) Statistical procedure that removes the effects of differences in the composition of a population, such as age, when comparing one to another. B) Measure of the probability that people without a certain condition will develop that condition over a period of time. C) Measures the number of people in a given population who have an existing condition at a given point in time. D) Detailed rates that are calculated using the number of people in the smaller subgroups of the population in the denominator.