A group of nursing students is reviewing information about maladaptive anger. The students demonstrate a need for additional study when they identify which condition as being linked to suppressed anger?
A) Coronary heart disease
B) Arthritis
C) Hypertension
D) Breast cancer
A
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A nursing instructor is teaching about the symptoms of agoraphobia. Which student statement indicates that learning has occurred?
1. Onset of symptoms most commonly occurs in early adolescence and persists until midlife. 2. Onset of symptoms most commonly occurs in the 20s and 30s and persists for many years. 3. Onset of symptoms most commonly occurs in the 40s and 50s and persists until death. 4. Onset of symptoms most commonly occurs after the age of 60 and persists for at least 6 years.
The nurse is teaching the parents of a 4-year-old boy about the normal maturations of the child's organs during the preschool years and their effect on body functions
Which of the following statements accurately describe these changes? Select all answers that apply. A) Myelination of the spinal cord allows for bowel and bladder control to be complete in most children by age 3 years. B) The respiratory structures are continuing to grow in size, and the number of alveoli continues to increase, reaching the adult number at about 7 years of age. C) Heart rate increases and blood pressure decreases slightly during the preschool years; an innocent heart murmur may be heard upon auscultation. D) The bones continue to increase in length and the muscles continue to strengthen and mature; however, the musculoskeletal system is still not fully mature. E) The small intestine is continuing to grow in length, and stool passage usually occurs once or twice per day in the average preschooler. F) The urethra remains long in both boys and girls, making them more susceptible to urinary tract infections than adults.
Which of the following items is different when comparing probability sampling and nonprobability sampling?
a. The type of descriptive statistics applied to the sample b. The size of the sample c. The relative chance of being selected as a study participant d. Whether or not the findings can be generalized
Helpful sources of information that the nurse may use in beginning to develop a teaching plan for patients having cancer diagnostic testing include:
1. other patients, visitors, or hospital workers who have been associated with some-one who has had cancer. 2. analysis of what the patient and family already know about prevention, detection, treatment, and outcomes. 3. American Cancer Society (ACS), National Cancer Institute, Oncology Nursing Society, VFW, or DAV. 4. supermarket tabloids or public books from the local library.