The nurse is searching for evidence-based information on health outcomes. Which of the following could be a source for this information?
a. Federal government
b. State boards of nursing
c. Healthy People 2010
d. Agency for Health Care Research and Quality
D
The Agency for Health Care Research and Quality sponsors and conducts research that provides clinicians with evidence-based information on health care outcomes.
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The nurse is consulting with a client who verbalizes extreme stress. When the nurse asks the client how life is treating him or her, which response represents hardiness in character?
A) "I am making it through and just barely holding on." B) "Life is challenging. I take it as it comes." C) "I am not able to juggle all of the balls of life." D) "What can you do, it is what it is."
You are admitting an oncology patient to your unit prior to surgery. The patient has just finished radiation therapy. What does this put your patient at increased risk for?
A) Nutritional deficit B) Impaired wound healing C) Cardiac tamponade D) Tumor lysis syndrome
In a large prospective study such as the Nurses Health Study, the research team should be aware of the possibility of:
A) Nonresponse bias B) Attrition bias C) Selection bias D) Ceiling bias
Which assessment by the nurse is most important to obtain prior to performing allergy sensitivity testing?
a. Identify areas of loose connective tissue. b. Question the patient about frequency of exercise. c. Determine if the patient is using aspirin. d. Palpate and measure the size of induration.