Patrickkaylian

What is screening? -allows for early detection of disease -followed by clinical diagnosis and treatment -useful if early detection will improve treatment outcomes primary type of prevention -intervention with healthy person before pathological onset of disease -goal of preventing them from ever getting disease secondary type of prevention -intervention in a person who has a disease, but is asymptomatic (preclinical). screening programs, glucose testing. tertiary type of prevention -re...

Name the disease frequency: The percentage of of freshman girls who become pregnant over the course of their high school years. cumulative incidence Name the disease frequency: The percentage of senior boys who are fathers at the time of graduation prevalence Name the disease frequency: The number of live born babies who die of sudden infant death syndrome during the first year of life per 100000 baby years of follow up incidence rate Name the disease frequency: The percentage of inf...

Which of the following can be thought of as a failure of the comparison group to reflect the counterfactual experience of the exposed group? systematic difference difference b/w groups being compared that distorts the true association b/w an exposure and dz; an *inherent characteristic of the population -occurs when the risk of dz in the unexposed group does not equal the risk of dz in the exposed group had they been unexposed which means that the difference in dz risk b/w the exposed and ...

Case control study • a solution to many cohort study limitations • a study which cases of dz are identified, and then a sample of the population that produced the cases is identified (controls) -exposures are determined and compared for individuals in each group desirable to conduct: 1. when exposure data are expensive or difficult to obtain (i.e. nested pesticide in NHS) 2. When dz has long latent period (results may take decades to emerge; i.e. cancer, CVD) 3. when dz is rare 4....

The nurse has identified a nursing diagnosis of ineffective airway clearance with bronchospasms for client with pneumonia. What nursing intervention will help to conduct refractive air clearance for a client with pneumonia? A. increase liters of humidified oxygen perfect marks B. Scheduled and PRN albuterol nebulizer bronchodilator treatment C. Handheld bronchodilator always as needed D. Prednisone via inhaler or IV to reduce the inflammation - CORRECT ANSWER-B. Scheduled and PRN albutero...

A 40 year old woman has heavy vaginal bleeding. Which of the following questions is the priority when evaluating the clients chief complaint. A. "Are you sexually active, and do you use oral contraceptive" B. "Are you feeling weak, dizzy or lightheaded?" C. Have you been using any new feminine products D. Are you having any sensations of pain or cramping? - CORRECT ANSWER-B. "Are you feeling weak, dizzy or lightheaded?" Nurse is providing education to a patient diagnosed...

A nurse is caring for a burn patient in the emergent resuscitative phase. which nursing diagnosis would be appropriate? A. Impaired physical mobility B. Fluid Volume Excess C. Activity Intolerance D. Deficient fluid volume D. Deficient fluid volume The nurse is assessing a client for HIV. The nurse identifies which of the following as a risk factor for this condition? select all that apply A. Being in a monogamous sexual relationship B. being a bisexual man C. Receiving a solid organ ...

another name for compressional name is_______ - CORRECT ANSWER-Longitudinal Wave the piezoelectric material in a search unit which vibrates to produce ultrasonic waves is called a _______ - CORRECT ANSWER-Crystal the amount of beam divergence from a crystal is primarily dependent on the __________ - CORRECT ANSWER-Frequency and Crystal Size when an ultrasonic beam passes through the interface between two dissimilar materials at an angle, a new angle of sound travel takes place in the seco...

which circuits modify the return signal from the receiving transducer into a form suitable for display on an oscilloscope or other output device - CORRECT ANSWER-Receiveramplifier which circuit generates a burst of alternating voltage that is applied to the sending transducer - CORRECT ANSWER-pulser A plan view display or recording of a part under examination is called - CORRECT ANSWER-A C-scan display 25 million cycles per second can also be stated as ______ - CORRECT ANSWER-25 MHz whic...

Burns • Most Common Types 1. Flame-related (41%) 2. Scaldings (25%) 3. Direct source contact (10%) 4. Electrical (3%) 5. Chemical contact (3%) 6. Inhalation only (3%) Burn Severity: • Age Young peds & older adults = HR morbidity & mortality • Depth Burns are classified according to DEPTH of tissue destruction. Burns: • 1˚ (Superficial) Tissues: Epidermis ONLY Recovery & Tx: Complete recovery within a few days. • 2˚ (Partial-Thickness) Tissues: Epidermis & part of th...