The client is receiving an agent that stimulates the body's natural immune system to control and destroy malignant cells. The nurse explains that this type of therapy is known as:
a. antineoplastics c. biological response modifiers
b. antibiotics d. inotropics
C
Biological response modifiers are agents that stimulate the body's natural immune system to destroy cancer cells. A serious complication that needs to be monitored closely is an anaphylactic reaction.
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Which circumstance indicates that a 5-year-old about to enter grade school should be screened for current illness before receiving her immunizations?
a. She will cry and hurt too much. b. Her father is chronically ill at home. c. She has another year before she needs them. d. Her mother passed immunity to her at birth.
In the following condition, patients often describe a sudden, large flash of light with gradual loss of vision in one eye
A. Amaurosis fugax B. Acute glaucoma C. Temporal arteritis D. Retinal detachment
As Denzin claimed, there is an advantage to performing mixed methods or triangulated research
In a study of pain and fatigue control after hip replacement, what would the primary advantage be of conducting both a quantitative descriptive portion and a grounded theory portion? a. The results would be more difficult to understand, but more scholarly. b. It would force a multiple-authorship arrangement, assisting each scholar. c. Bias would decrease. d. The time required to complete the study would be approximately double that of completing one that utilized only one method.
In an ANOVA calculation evaluating causation, the mean square within groups value represents the ordinary amount of variation that exists in the data set. What does the mean square between groups value represent?
a. The effect that the interventional conditions produce b. The average of all variations in the data set c. Total variation d. The differences that exist among the several interventional conditions