The nurse is conducting an informative session about Alzheimer's disease (AD) for a local civic group. The nurse shows an understanding of the disorder by providing which information?
1. In AD, the central nervous system is unpredictably affected, resulting in a loss of communication and motor skills.
2. AD is a form of dementia that is caused by a lack of a brain chemical.
3. AD occurs when the person's own immune system attacks the cells of the body.
4. AD is a disease process that starts by affecting a person's memory and progresses toward the loss of reasoning abilities.
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Rationale 1: Multiple sclerosis (MS), not AD, is a disease of the central nervous system that is unpredictable and can leave the patient unable to speak, walk, or write.
Rationale 2: AD is not caused by the lack of a chemical in the brain.
Rationale 3: Myasthenia gravis, not AD, is an autoimmune reaction that results from a malfunction in the immune system.
Rationale 4: The onset of Alzheimer's disease begins with subtle lapses of memory, which gradually and progressively develop into a chronic loss of personality, recognition, reasoning, and independence.
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" Which events would cause a nurse working in this system to question this statement? Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected. Standard Text: Select all that apply. 1. The nurse collaborating with physical therapy to establish mutually agreeable treatment schedules lobbies physicians to support nursing's position in any disagreements. 2. When staff nurses ask for the nurse manager's opinion on client care issues, the response is frequently, "I'll leave that decision up to you." 3. Administration has developed a plan in which each week two nurses from each unit are recognized as "best nurse of the week." 4. The nurse managers of each unit make a true effort to provide adequate staffing on each shift. 5. The nurse executive communicates with managers mostly by email.
A school nurse is working with teachers in helping them address the developmental needs of grade school students, according to Erikson's theory of industry versus inferiority. Which activities should the nurse suggest?
1. Providing time for running and playing sports, such as basketball, to increase gross motor skills 2. Allowing "pretend" time during their classes, such as for dress-up or role-playing activities 3. Presenting diversity in culture and practices as part of classroom study 4. Helping them develop skills needed in the adult world, such as allowance budgeting
Which of the following statements is true?
a. Parameter estimation is more frequently used by nurse researchers than hypothesis testing. b. Point estimation is preferred to interval estimation. c. Interval estimation involves constructing a confidence interval around a point estimate of a parameter. d. Estimation procedures are appropriate for estimating population means but not percentages.
The nurse wants to assess a family's interactions with the systems outside of that family. Which tool would be most appropriate to use?
A) Genogram B) Family attachment diagram C) Ecomap D) Calgary Family Assessment Model