A new mother is concerned because her 1-day-old newborn is taking only 1 ounce at each feeding. The nurse should explain that the
a. Infant does not require as much formula in the first few days of life.
b. Infant's stomach capacity is small at birth but will expand within a few days.
c. Infant tires easily during the first few days but will gradually take more formula.
d. Infant is probably having difficulty adjusting to the formula.
B
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A The infant's requirements are the same, but the stomach capacity needs to
increase before taking in adequate amounts.
B The infant's stomach capacity at birth is 10 to 20 mL and increases to 60 to 90
mL by the end of the first week.
C The infant's sleep patterns do change, but the infant should be awake enough to
feed.
D There are other symptoms that occur if there is a formula intolerance.
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1. "I hurt my head." 2. "I am 6 years old and I'm here because I fell." 3. "Six-year-old Hispanic female sitting on examination table holding a towel to her forehead." 4. "Client states that she fell at the playground."
Simple descriptive statistics may be used to depict the sample characteristics, reflecting demographic variable values, in which kind of research?
a. Quantitative research only b. Qualitative research only c. Both quantitative and qualitative research d. Only when data has been extracted from an electronic database
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1. "Local organizations have yoga classes and training programs that you could attend." 2. "Yoga is not as good acupuncture." 3. "Tai chi is probably better for you." 4. "Have you considered weight training?"
The results, published in 1994, of the original National Comorbidity Survey (NCS), which looked at comorbidity in a population of 8,000 persons, found that:
a. nearly 90% of persons who reported recent severe psychiatric symptoms met DSM criteria for three or more disorders b. less than 10% of persons who had one psychiatric diagnosis met the DSM criteria for two or more disorders c. the only dual diagnosis of any significance was alcoholism and schizophrenia d. few, if any, persons in the population studied had more than one psychiatric diagnosis