Health administration Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

NR 503 Week 4 Midterm Exam: Fall Question: Which of the following statements best describe efficacy? Question: A study is conducted for a pharmaceutical agent that has shown promise for reducing heart disease among women. In order to more fully test the agent, an additional study is done restricting the participants to be randomized to those who have a history of hypertension. Which of the following advantages cannot be claimed by the researchers? Question: What is the main advantage of the rand...

NSG 6420 Final Exam Study Guide Over 90% of patients in long term care are older than The young old the middle old The old old the elite old the fastest growing subgroup?? physical exam Breast cancer Cervical Cancer Prostate (50 and older) testicular cancer Colorectal cancer (men and women) Skin Cancer oral cancer Oral cancer Bone density Vision Immunnizations Genetic Theory Immunity Theory Cross linkage theory free radical theory KATZ Stages of Alzheimer’s: Stage 1 Stages of Alzheimer’s Sta...

NR 503 Mid-Term Study Guide Understand and compare the different measures of morbidity Incidence and prevalence Define Understand why data are important for measuring risk Interpret findings Understand the relationship between incidence and prevalence and impact of each on duration of disease Calculate incidence rate Calculate prevalence rate Relationship between prevalence, incidence, and mortality Examples of incidence rates and prevalence rates Surveillance Importance of surveillance Def...

NR 509 Week 3 Quiz Questions: A teenage girl has arrived complaining of pain in her left wrist. She was playing basketball when she fell and landed on her left hand. The FNP examined her hand and will expect a fracture if the girl complains: Questions: A patient has been diagnosed with osteoporosis and asked the FNP “what is osteoporosis?” The FNP explains to the patient that osteoporosis is defined as: Questions: Patient states, “I can hear a crunching or grating sound when I kneel”. Sh...

NR 509 Week 5 Quiz Question: An older patient has been diagnosed with pernicious anemia. The FNP knows that this condition could be related to Question: The FNP is examining a patient who tells the FNP “I sure sweat a lot especially on my face and feet but it doesn’t have an odor”. The FNP knows that this could be related to Question: During an abdominal assessment the FNP elicits tenderness on light palpation in the right lower quadrant. The FNP interprets that this finding could indicate...

NR 509 Week 7 Quiz Question: During an examination of an aging male the FNP recognizes that normal changes to expect would be: Question: During a health history, a 22-year-old woman asks “can I get that vaccine for HPV? I have gentle warts and I’d like them to go away!” What is the FNP‘s best response? Question: During a speculum inspection of the vagina the FNP would expect to see what at the end of the vaginal canal? Question: A 62-year-old man is experiencing fever, chills, malaise, ...

NR 509 Week 4 Quiz Question: A 35-year-old man is seen in the clinic for an infection in his left foot. Which of these findings should the FNP expect to see during an assessment of this patient? Question: The direction of blood flow through the heart is best described by which of these Question: In assessing the carotid artery’s of an older patient with cardiovascular disease, the FNP would Question: When listening to heart sounds the FNP knows that the valve closures that can be heard best a...

NR 509 Week 5 Quiz: Skin, Hair, Abdomen Question: The FNP is assessing the abdomen of an aging adult. Which of these statements regarding the agind adult and abdominal assessment is true? Question: The FNP notices that a patient has had a black tarry stool and recalls that a possible cause would be Question: The FNP knows that during an abdominal assessment deep palpitation is used to determine Question: A patient has abdominal borboygmi. The FNP knows that this term refers to Question: During a...

NR 509 Week 3 Quiz (Version 2) What piece of equipment can be used to test for peripheral neuropathy How would you test for Romberg sign Diagnosis for patient with complaint of room spinning Know expected postural changes in pregnancy Know what the phalen’s test is and how to conduct it Hands back to back for 60 secs looking for development of Positive Phalen’s test Older pt that can’t remember to tie shoes in order to assess this you first want to? What is loss of bone density Disease tha...