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Given the following box-and-whisker plot, decide if the data is skewed or symmetrical. Which of the following frequency tables show a skewed data set? Select all answers that apply. Which of the following frequency tables show a skewed data set? Select all answers that apply. Which of the following frequency tables shows a skewed data set? Select all answers that apply. For the following dataset, you are interested to determine the “spread” of the data……Would you employ calculations ...

Which of the following best describes the term explanatory variable? Which of the following best describes the term qualitative? A zoologist measures the birthweight of each cub in a litter of lions . What is the level of … measurement of the data? Margaret is investigating if gender has any effect on political party associations. What is the response variable? Timothy is collecting data on number of dental cavities. What type of data is this? To determine whether or not number of siblings inf...

A television station plans to send a crew to a polling center on an election day. Because they do not have time to interview … each individual voter, they decide to count voters leaving the polling location and ask every 20th voter for an interview. What type of sampling is this? In order to study the shoe sizes of people in his town, Billy samples the population by dividing the residents by age and randomly … selecting a proportionate number of residents from each age group. Which type of s...

1. Which of the following is the most common cause of heartburn-type epigastric pain? 2. An older patient reports burning pain after ingestion of many foods and large meals. What assessment would assist the nurse practitioner in making a diagnosis of GERD? 3. Your patient complains of lower abdominal pain, anorexia, extreme fatigue, unintentional weight loss of 10 pounds in last 3 weeks, and you find a positive hemoccult on digital rectal examination. Laboratory tests show iron deficiency ...

1.In AR disorders, carriers have: 2. A 76-year-old patient with a 200-pack year smoking history presents with complaints of chronic cough, dyspnea, fatigue, hemoptysis, and weight loss over the past 2 months. The physical exam reveals decreased breath sounds and dullness to percussion over the left lower lung field. The chest X-ray demonstrates shift of the mediastinum and trachea to the left. These are classic signs of: 3. The nurse practitioner is discussing lifestyle changes with a pati...

1. Which of the following is the most important question to ask during cardiovascular health history? 2. A key symptom of ischemic heart disease is chest pain. However, angina equivalents may inclu de exertional dyspnea. Angina equivalents are important because: 3. A 55-year-old post-menopausal woman with a history of hypertension complains of jaw pain on heavy exertion. There were no complaints of chest pain. Her ECG indicates normal sinus rhythm without ST segment abnormalities. Your plan may ...

NSG 6001 Midterm Exam 1. Of the answers below, which would be included in defining a positive Exercise Echocardiogram? Question 19.Question :Improvements in the delivery and management of healthcare are necessary if we are to improve the overall health of this nation’s population. Which of the following are identified in your readings as strategic in the movement to improve the healthcare system? 2. Specifically, when is an ETT considered to be negative? 3.Your patient has a maximum age-predic...

NSG 6001 Midterm Exam 1. A 35 year old female arrives at your clinic. She has had diabetes and peripheral artery disease for the past 5 years. You decide to obtain an ETT. The insurance company a rgues that this is inappropriate. You justify the ETT because you are planning secondary strategies to prevent future heart disease. Where could one find the supporting data for these guidelines? 2. You are counseling a patient diagnosed with stress-induced ischemia. You base your discussion on your kno...

NSG 6001 Midterm Exam 1. Your patient is morbidly obese and cannot sit on a bicycle or walk a treadmill. She also has marked and severe emphysema. You need to make an assessment of the risk of sign ificant CAD and your patient’s family says that their relative had their diagnosis based on an ultrasound echocardiography. What facts would influence your decision regarding the family request for echo assessment? 2.Medicaid is mandated to be provided by each state through federal codes. Each state...

NSG 6001 Final Exam Study Guide Abdominal aortic aneurysm Know the causes of an abdominal aortic aneurysm. P493 Understand risk factors for abdominal aortic aneurysm. P494 Development of AAA AAA expansion AAA rupture AAA is an important clinical diagnosis because it is associated with considerable risk of rupture and death as the aneurysm enlarges to a diameter of more than 5.0cm (1.96 inches). Know the symptoms of an abdominal aortic aneurysm. Symptoms: Symptom and sign of a ruptured AAA classi...