A nurse reminds a resident in a long-term care facility that he has autonomy in many aspects of his institutionalization. What is an example of autonomy?
a. Selection of medication times
b. Availability of his own small electrical appliances
c. Smoking in the privacy of his own room
d. Application of advance directives
D
The application of advance directives is an autonomous decision. Agency protocols relative to medication times, access to private electrical devices, and smoking are rarely waived; these poli-cies are not in the control of the resident.
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a. B6. b. B12. c. K. d. D.
The research hypotheses to be tested generally are presented in the results section, together with the statistical tests of those hypotheses
A) True B) False
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