The person with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) may require as much as ______ times the kilocalories that a healthy person needs for respiratory effort

1. 2
2. 5
3. 7
4. 10


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A patient has been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease (PD) and begins treatment with levodopa/carbidopa [Sinemet]. After several months of therapy, the patient reports no change in symptoms. The nurse will expect the provider to:

a. add a dopamine agonist. b. discuss the "on-off" phenomenon. c. increase the dose of Sinemet. d. re-evaluate the diagnosis.

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When is colostrum first produced?

A) First trimester of pregnancy B) Second trimester of pregnancy C) Third trimester of pregnancy D) 3 days after birth of newborn

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The nurse is explaining the difference between descriptive statistics and inferential statistics to a group of student nurses. To illustrate descriptive statistics, the nurses uses as an example:

1. A positive correlation between breastfeeding and infant weight gain. 2. The infant mortality rate in the state of Oklahoma. 3. A causal relationship between the number of sexual partners and sexually transmitted diseases. 4. The total number of spontaneous abortions in drug-abusing women as compared with non–drug-abusing women.

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