A geriatric nurse practitioner prescribes an antidepressant for a patient
The patient asks, "How long will I have to be on this medication before I feel like my old self?" The nurse recalls that a therapeutic response to an antidepressant medication most often takes which one of the follow-ing? a. 24 hours c. 2 weeks
b. 2 days d. 2 months
D
One to 2 months may be necessary to achieve a maximal response to therapy. Both 24 hours and 2 days are too short of timeframes to have a response to therapy. Patients often have an initial response to therapy 1 to 3 weeks after starting the medication.
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a. Invites community members and staff of the hospital to an evening focus group session. b. Discusses what it sees as the primary threats and opportunities in demographic shifts affecting the hospital. c. Invites all levels of staff to focus groups on the effectiveness of the hospital envi-ronment, including information systems and staffing. d. Asks the board to provide a summary of major opportunities for the future.
As researcher designs a study to measure the effect on patient satisfaction of the nurse stating to the patient at least once a day, "You're a good person."
The researcher sets the alpha (type I error) for the study at p <.10 because the intervention is free, it needs next to no time to enact, and it is harmless. If the alpha is set at .10, what is the effect on the beta [?] and on type II error? (Select all that apply.) a. Beta [ß] stays the same. b. Type II error becomes less likely. c. Type II error becomes more likely. d. Beta [ß] decreases. e. Beta [ß] increases as well. f. Type II error stays the same.
When preparing to conduct a nursing history and assessment on a patient transferred from the emergency department (ED) whose family believes the patient to be a questionable historian due to cognitive impairment,
the nurse initially begins the interview by: a. Reviewing the ED chart b. Contacting the admitting physician c. Directing the questions to the family members d. Establishing a line of communication with the patient
The nature of the communication characterized in this exchange between a nurse and a chronically depressed patient is:
Nurse: Is it true that you enjoy knitting? Patient: Yes, I've done it for years and am pretty good at it. Nurse: I'm just a beginner. Do you think you could give me some tips? Patient: I guess so. What would you like to know? a. Therapeutic b. Collegial c. Social d. Intrapersonal