When is a glucose challenge test performed?
What will be an ideal response?
A 75-g oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) is performed at 24 to 28 weeks' gestation for all women not
known to have diabetes.
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Why do student research proposals usually require greater detail than those developed for review by funding organizations?
a. Student research proposals have a minimum page limit, because faculty want their students to experience the worst-case scenario while in school, where support is readily available. b. Institutional review boards are very apprehensive about students performing research, and for this reason they require more detailed justification than do other proposals. c. Students do not write well, so their proposals tend to be more involved. d. The student's proposal often contains the first three or four chapters of the student's thesis or dissertation; funding proposals usually contain a much less detailed literature review.
The nurse is teaching a client about self-care after menopause. Which teaching topic is the priority?
a. Weight-bearing exercise b. Skin care c. Intimacy needs d. Body image changes
As a unit manager, you chair the unit meetings. For each meeting, you consider and establish the purpose of the meeting. Second, you prepare an agenda. Arrange the following steps in an order that would make the meetings productive and successful
1. Distribute an agenda. 2. Distribute minutes. 3. Select team members. 4. Start on time. 5. Keep the meeting focused and directed toward accomplishing the set objectives. Select the correct order from the following options: a. 1, 2, 4, 5, 3 b. 4, 1, 2, 5, 3 c. 3, 1, 4, 5, 2 d. 3, 4, 2, 1, 5
The daughter of a pt with cholelithiasis has heard that there is a genetic disposition for cholelithiasis. The daughter asks the nurse about the risk factors. How does the nurse respond?
a. "There is no evidence that first-degree relatives have an increased risk of this disease." b. "Cholecystitis is seen more frequently in pts who are underweight." c. "Hormone replacement therapy has been associated with increased risk for cholecystitis." d. "Pts with DM are at increased risk for cholecystitis."