A 29-year-old nurse is admitted to the medical unit with symptoms of septic arthritis in her knee. The patient has a history of multiple hospitalizations for various infections over the past year. During assessment, the nurse notices inconsistencies in the patient’s reported symptoms and medical history. Which of the following actions should the nurse prioritize?

A nurse is developing a comprehensive care plan for a 35-year-old patient newly diagnosed with major depressive disorder and prescribed sertraline (an SSRI). The patient has a history of anxiety, works night shifts, and expresses concerns about medication side effects.  Which combination of interventions would be most appropriate for the nurse to include in the patient’s care plan?

A nurse is working with a client diagnosed with agoraphobia who is reluctant to attend group therapy in the group room down the hall. Which of the following responses by the nurse would be most appropriate and therapeutic?

A nurse enters the room of a 19-year-old patient admitted for anorexia nervosa and finds her engaged in intense exercise. Applying best practices for anorexia treatment, what should the nurse do?

Which of the following statements is true when discussing a series of coin flips (assuming the coin is fair)?

Which of the following statements about the standard normal z-distribution and t-distribution is correct?

The data below displays heights (in inches) of a random sample of students and their parent of the same sex. Student (s) 70 65 68 63 72 71 Parent (p) 65 67 64 63 70 66 Difference (s-p) 5 -2 4 0 2 5 The mean for the difference between student and parent heights is   = 2.33 and the sample standard deviation for the difference between student and parent heights is sD = 2.88.   We can assume the distribution of the differences is Normal. The p-value for this hypothesis test is 0.0218.  At a 0.05 significance level, what conclusion can you make?

Which of the following values best represent the value of the correlation between the ages of husbands and wives?

Use this scenario to answer the next two questions.  Male players at the high school, college, and professional ranks use regulation basketballs that weigh on average 22 ounces with a standard deviation of 1 ounce.  Assume that the weights of the basketballs are Normally distributed.  If a regulation basketball is randomly selected, what is the probability that it will weigh greater than 23.5 ounces?  Choose the best answer.

Which of these statements does not contain a statistical mistake about correlation coefficient, r?