What conditions or factors in a 54-year-old woman diagnosed with Guillain-Barré syndrome are most likely to have contributed to this health problem?
A. Her neighbor also had Guillain-Barré.
B. She had a viral infection about 2 weeks ago.
C. She works with oil paints and paint thinner as an artist.
D. She has a cardiac dysrhythmia.
B
The client with GBS often relates a history of acute illness, trauma, surgery, or immunization 1 to 3 weeks before the onset of neurologic symptoms.
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An older adult client with heart disease tells the nurse, "I am sick because I sinned by smoking cigarettes." Which response by the nurse is appropriate?
A) "Smoking cigarettes isn't a sin. There are many worse habits you could have." B) "Cigarette smoking was desirable when you began smoking. We didn't know about the problems it could cause." C) "Why don't we call the hospital chaplain and you can pray about your sins?" D) "You are correct, but it is too late to do anything about it now."
The Code for Nurses
a. is a binding oath, which tells nurses how to make ethical decisions b. delineates all obligations and responsibilities of the nurse c. supports the concept of respect for all persons d. assists the nurse in formulating a personal belief system
The nurse is helping an indigent HIV-positive pregnant patient set up a post delivery care plan for her baby. What should the nurse include during that discussion?
A) "You understand that you can't breast-feed, right? Even though formula is expensive, you'll need to figure out a way to get it." B) "You're not planning to breast-feed, are you? That would be dangerous for the baby." C) "HIV can be passed to the baby from breast-feeding so it's important that you give the baby formula. You probably can't afford formula, can you?" D) "HIV can be passed to the baby from breast-feeding so it's important that you give the baby formula. Formula is pretty expensive so I'll give you some information for places you can contact if you ever need some help getting it."
When reading the results of a study, the researcher notes that as variable "A" increases there is a corresponding decrease in variable "B." The term used to describe this phenomenon is:
A) correlation coefficient B) analysis of variance C) standard deviation D) covariance