Various criteria are used to establish causality. One criterion is that an observed relationship between a presumed cause and an effect cannot be explained as being caused by other variables
What is the observed relationship between a presumed cause called?
A) Confounding
B) Independent variable
C) Dependent variable
D) Counterfactual
B
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A. Notify the physician. B. Stop the irrigation flow. C. Document the finding as the only action. D. Irrigate the catheter with a large piston syringe.
Providing treatment and rehabilitation for people who have developed disease is part of:
1. primary preventive care. 2. secondary preventive care. 3. tertiary preventive care. 4. primordial preventive care.
Monitoring of a patient who is on a lipid-lowering drug includes:
1. Fasting total cholesterol every 6 months 2. Lipid profile with attention to serum LDL 6 to 8 weeks after starting therapy, then again in 6 weeks 3. Complete blood count, C-reactive protein, and erythrocyte sedimentation rate after 6 weeks of therapy 4. All of the above
Which assessment data for a patient who has Guillain-Barré syndrome will require the nurse's most immediate action?
a. The patient's triceps reflexes are absent. b. The patient is continuously drooling saliva. c. The patient complains of severe pain in the feet. d. The patient's blood pressure (BP) is 150/82 mm Hg.