The nurse is instructing a female client on the importance of having routine mammograms because mammograms:
1. can detect masses before they become palpable.
2. involves no radiation.
3. has a 25% rate of false positives.
4. combines a blood test with radiology.
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Mammography is a radiological procedure that is useful because it allows visualization of benign and malignant disorders before they become palpable. The rate of false positives is 5% to 10%. Mammography does use radiation. Mammography does not include a blood test.
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1. Primip at 26 weeks with prolonged premature rupture of membranes experiencing chills 2. Multip at 28 weeks with premature rupture of membranes reporting leakage of clear vaginal fluid 3. Primip at 30 weeks with premature rupture of membranes due for a betamethasone injection 4. Multip at 32 weeks with prolonged premature rupture of membranes and a hemoglobin of 11.0
Research utilization encompasses the:
a. collection of study data. b. critique of study results. c. determination of statistical tests. d. development of a study.
The nurse reads the tentative prediction of the relationship between two or more variables being studied in a research project. This tentative relationship is considered as being the:
a. theoretical framework. c. qualitative analysis b. construct. d. hypothesis.
A patient visits the medical unit of the factory in which he works. He has fallen asleep on the line and has a history of muscle weakness. This instance is not the first time he has fallen asleep on the line
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