In a research report, documenting _________________ is more difficult than documenting _____________
A) Reliability; predictive value
B) Validity; reliability
C) Dependability; confirmability
D) Sensitivity; congruence
B
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The patient has been diagnosed with mitral valve insufficiency and left ventricular hypertrophy. What effect would the nurse expect from the left ventricular hypertrophy?
A) Improved cardiac output from increased left ventricular contractility B) No appreciable signs or symptoms or effects until late in the disease process C) A more obvious and easier-to-auscultate mitral valve regurgitant murmur D) Early onset of pulmonary edema and right-sided congestive heart failure
Which nurse died as a result of experiments on yellow fever?
1. Clara Maass 2. Jeanne Mance 3. Mary Mahoney 4. Edith Cavell
Good skin and stomal integrity is a goal included in the care plan of a client with a colostomy. The evaluation parameters best suited for this goal includes: Select all that apply
1. Stoma pink and moist. 2. No excoriation noted on skin surrounding stoma. 3. Client shows understanding of importance of preventing fecal leakage. 4. Client demonstrates ability to apply collecting appliance properly. 5. Stomal area is free of pain.
A nurse is planning to teach the parents of a child with cystic fibrosis how the disease is manifested. Which of the following statements is the best explanation?
1. "While all people carry the gene for cystic fibrosis, those who develop the disease have a mutation in that gene.". 2. "A small percentage of the general population carries the gene for cystic fibrosis. If two carriers have children, then 25% of those children will develop the disease.". 3. "One in four people carry the gene for cystic fibrosis. If two carriers have children, then 25% of those children will develop the disease.". 4. "Some people carry the gene for cystic fibrosis. Of those carriers, one in four will develop the disease.".