The nurse is conducting an initial screening to determine a patient's gross hearing acuity as part of a complete physical. Which test should the nurse include in the assessment?
a. Romberg
b. Calorie test
c. Whisper voice
d. Otoscopic examination
ANS: C
Auditory function can be grossly evaluated using three different assessment tests: whisper voice test, Rinne's test, and Weber's test. A. B. D. These tests do not determine gross hearing.
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1. mild. 2. panic. 3. severe. 4. moderate.
What is the best response for a nurse to make to a parent who has asked, "When should I start dental care for my child?"
a. "The recommendation is for children to have a dental examination no later than 2.5 years." b. "Children should see a dentist at least one time before kindergarten." c. "The recommendation is for children to have a dental examination before first grade." d. "A dental examination by 1 year of age is the current recommendation."
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
The nurse is conducting a study that will consider how heart clients respond to various interventions following a heart attack. The nurse is concerned about the threat that testing could pose to the internal validity of the study
How might testing affect the study? A) The long commute that a subject must take to a testing center as part of the study might change the subject's response to an intervention. B) One subject develops an unrelated anemia, which causes fatigue, which in turn affects the outcome of the study. C) Multiple measurements of participants' cortisol levels could cause stress in the participants and thus influence their cortisol levels, thereby altering the outcome of the study. D) Mistakes are made when a number of subjects who should have been assigned to one intervention group are assigned to another, which may affect the outcome of the study.