The statement "Forty-two single women with one child between the ages of 1 month and 5 years of age who worked a minimum of 30 hours per week were randomly assigned to either the intervention or control group" would most likely describe:
A) the population
B) the method
C) the sample
D) the result
C
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A 17-year-old student complains of a "rash for 3 days.". You note pale, erythematous oval plaques over the trunk. They have fine scales and are arranged in a fernlike pattern, with parallel alignment. What is the nurse's next action?
a. Teach infectious control measures. b. Inquire about another recent skin lesion. c. Inspect the palms and the soles. d. Inform the patient that this will resolve within a week.
The route of excretion of a volatile drug will likely be the:
1. Kidneys 2. Lungs 3. Bile and feces 4. Skin
A client has been prescribed several medications. Which medication is a beta blocker?
1. Nadolol (Corgard) 2. Verapamil (Calan) 3. Captopril (Capoten) 4. Clopidogrel (Plavix)
A patient with hypertension is prescribed a low-sodium diet. The patient's teaching plan includes this goal: "The patient will select a 2-gram sodium diet from the hospital menu for the next 3 days."
Which intervention would be most effective at increasing the patient's compliance with the diet? a. Check the sodium content of the patient's menu choices over the next 3 days. b. Ask the patient to identify which foods on the hospital menus are high in sodium. c. Have the patient list favorite foods that are high in sodium and foods that could be substituted for these favorites. d. Compare the patient's sodium intake over the next 3 days with the sodium intake before the teaching was implemented.