A study that uses information on current health status, personal characteristics, and potential risk factors or exposures all at once is called
a. Cross-sectional
b. Ecological
c. Case-control
d. Cohort
ANS: A
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A) Spastic hemiparesis gait B) Shuffling gait C) Stropping gait D) Steppage gait
A patient tells the nurse, "I dread going on after the divorce is final. I have no idea how I am going to manage financially or emotionally." The nurse realizes this patient is demonstrating which aspect of Caplan's stress and loss theory?
1. living without the assets and guidance 2. psychic pain 3. reduced problem-solving ability 4. emotional turmoil
The body handles excess carbohydrate ingestion by:
a. storing it as fat. b. raising the metabolic rate. c. excreting it in urine and stool. d. enzyme degradation.
When assessing a patient's consensual pupil response, the nurse should
a. have the patient cover one eye while facing the nurse. b. observe for a light reflection in the center of both corneas. c. instruct the patient to follow a moving object using only the eyes. d. shine a light into one pupil and observe the response of both pupils.