Entries by Daphne Hanson

Ovarian cancer

A 28-year-old woman tells you her mother was diagnosed with ovarian cancer at age 42 and her 35-year-old sister has just been diagnosed with breast cancer. She asks you if there is anything she should be doing to screen for and assess her own risk for breast and ovarian cancers. However, she tells you that […]

Colon cancer

A client with colon cancer experiences an increase in feelings of anxiety and depression and has suicidal ideation.  The nurse realizes that these feelings occur during which stage of the disease? A. Initiation of definitive treatment B. end of the first course of treatment C. end stage of the disease D. recurrence of the disease

Parkinson’s disease

Case Study of a Parkinson’s disease A 67-year-old man presents to the ER with a chief complaint of tremors in his arms and some tremors in his leg as well. The patient is accompanied by his son, who says that his father has become “stiff” and it takes him much longer to perform simple tasks and […]

Staffing assignment

You are making a staffing assignment knowing that you are short-staffed. You have five registered nurses (RNs), two licensed practical nurses (LPNsn), and two nursing assistants. Those nine employees need to provide a 12-hour shift of services to 30 clients with a high acuity required to a ratio of nurse to client at 1:3. Client […]

Emphysema

You are managing a stable middle-aged adult with emphysema. In addition to reinforcing smoking cessation and medication schedules, which annual intervention will you recommend? Live attenuated influenza vaccine (LAIV)   Pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine (PPSV23)   Quadrivalent inactivated influenza vaccine (QIV)   Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV13)  

Stability and internal consistency

Which of the following statements accurately describes the relationship between stability and internal consistency? Group of answer choices a) An instrument that demonstrates stability will also demonstrate internal consistency.   c) An instrument cannot demonstrate stability and internal consistency at the same time.   d) An instrument may demonstrate stability, internal consistency, or both at […]