Specificity refers to the ability of a screening instrument to correctly identify noncases
A) True
B) False
A
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a. "What other sort of activities might you enjoy?" b. "You will need to get new friends." c. "Returning to those activities will get you back here and in trouble." d. "You need to get a hobby."
When the gestational hypertensive patient is hospitalized, the nurse monitors the:
a. blood sugar. b. temperature. c. level of consciousness. d. deep tendon reflexes.
After teaching a pregnant woman about the hormones produced by the placenta, the nurse determines that the teaching was successful when the woman identifies which hormone produced as being the basis for pregnancy tests?
A) Human placental lactogen (hPL) B) Estrogen (estriol) C) Progesterone (progestin) D) Human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG)
The nurse is vigilant in using infection control practices when caring for certain adult populations. This vigilance is based in part on knowing that some infection-fighting ability is lost through age-related changes after age _____ years
1. 30 2. 40 3. 55 4. 65