During the assessment of an elderly client, the nurse learns the client takes a laxative every evening to ensure a daily morning bowel movement. The nursing diagnosis appropriate for this client would be:
a. Constipation.
b. Perceived constipation.
c. Risk for infection.
d. Bowel incontinence.
ANS: B
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When the nurse ignores the presence of the patient, regardless of the patient's alertness, the nurse is contributing to the patient's
A) physiological coping. B) fear of dying. C) spiritual distress. D) sense of isolation.
A patient comes to the clinic with a herpes outbreak. The nurse notes from the patient's chart that the patient is just beginning a course of antibiotics prescribed by another physician in the clinic
What classification of antibiotic should not be taken with an antiviral medication used to treat herpes? A) Penicillin B) Beta-Lactam C) Aminoglycoside D) Macrolide
Dehydration in the elderly is a problem that is all too common. What causes dehydration in the elderly? (Mark all that apply.)
A) Decreased kidney mass B) Increased conservation of sodium C) Increased total body water D) Decreased renal blood flow E) Decreased excretion of potassium
A null hypothesis is stated. The null hypothesis is, "There is no difference between one baby aspirin every day and no baby aspirin at all in prevention of myocardial infarction."
What are the implications of this statement, concerning that hypothesis and type II error? (Select all that apply.) a. Accepting the null hypothesis when it actually is true means that the researcher has made a type II error in concluding that there is no difference between 10 mcg and 20 mcg of vitamin D3 in preventing osteoporosis. b. Making the statement is itself a type II error. c. Whether the null hypothesis is true or not makes no difference in terms of type II error. d. Whether or not the researcher rejects the null hypothesis makes no difference in terms of type II error. e. Accepting the null hypothesis when it actually is true means that the researcher concludes that there is no difference between 10 mcg and 20 mcg of vitamin D3 in preventing osteoporosis, and there is no error. f. Accepting the null hypothesis when it actually is false means that the researcher concludes that there is no difference between 10 mcg and 20 mcg of vitamin D3 in preventing osteoporosis, when there actually IS a difference. The researcher has therefore made a type II error.