An experienced traveling nurse has been assigned to work in the Emergency department (ED); however this is the nurse’s first week on the job. Which area of the ED would be the best assignment for this nurse?

Which of the following describes the penetration site of dental local anesthetic injections?

The nurse is working in the triage area of an emergency department, and the following four patients approach the triage desk at the same time. List the order in which the nurse will assess these patients. 

In the work setting, what is the nurse’s primary responsibility in preparing for the management of disasters, including natural disasters and bio-terrorism incidents?

A state university wants to increase its retention rate of 4% for graduating students from the previous year.  After implementing several new programs during the last two years, the university reevaluates its retention rate. Describe the consequence of a Type II error in context.

 In 2004, two groups of college age students were asked how many drinks they had on a day in which they were drinking. Group A was above the legal drinking age and Group B was below the legal drinking age. The below drinking age group had a sample mean of 1.2 drinks and the above drinking age group had a sample mean of 2.17 drinks. What is the point estimate of µb  – μa ?  

According to a recent Gallup-Purdue Index study, 719 out of 1564 SEC Conference graduates are deeply interested in the work that they are doing in their jobs.  Calculate a 95% confidence interval for the proportion of all SEC Conference graduates that are deeply interest in the work that they are doing in their jobs. Write out in words what the confidence interval means.

A survey of shoppers is planned to determine what percentage use credit cards.  Prior surveys suggest 63% of all shoppers use credit cards.  How many randomly selected shoppers must we survey in order to estimate the proportion of shoppers who use credit cards to within 4% with 95% confidence?

It is recommended that adults get 8 hours of sleep each night.  A researcher hypothesized college students got less than the recommended number of hours of sleep each night, on average.  The researcher randomly sampled 20 college students and found no evidence to reject the null hypothesis at the 5% significance level.  What is true regarding the p-value from this hypothesis test?

A group of eight individuals with high cholesterol levels were given a new drug that was designed to lower cholesterol levels. Total cholesterol levels, in mg/dL, were measured before and after treatment. The results are given in the table below.         Subject                                          Before Treatment                               After Treatment 1 283 215 2 299 206 3 274 187 4 284 212                         5 248 178 6 275 212 7 293 192 8 277 196   Using a 1% level of significance, perform a hypothesis test to determine if the treatment is effective in lowering cholesterol levels.