An ethical dilemma occurs when none of the available alternatives seems ethically acceptable.

Jeremy called eight appliance stores and asked the price of a specific model of microwave oven. The prices quoted are listed below:                 $119   $494   $179   $634   $426   $285   $317   $492 Find the range for the given sample data.  

An infant is immune to several diseases to which the mother is immune. This is an example of passive immunity. Which of the following is also true about passive immunity for this baby? 

A client reports they contracted hepatitis A recently, when visiting another country.  At the time, they were given an injection with antibodies. Which type of immunity is this? 

The public health nurse recommends that a family with three small children consume tuna salad from canned tuna no more than once a week. Which of the following represents the rationale for this recommendation? 

The school nurse asks several nursing students to screen the blood pressures on the high school students. The results show all students have blood pressures higher than 130/88. What action should the nurse do next? 

The family calls the doctor to report the client with scoliosis is eating only 700 calories a day, is having a lot of back pain, is having periods of shortness of breath, is having trouble independently doing ADL’s and cannot go down the stairs of the home due to pain. This is a sign the client:  

A nurse vice president at an insurance company states that case management is beneficial for both clients and the health care system. Which of the following explains why only select clients receive care from the case management team? 

Early detection is one of the most important strategies to increase breast cancer survival. What level of prevention is this? 

The client, at home with a terminal illness, starts to show a lack of interest in eating and drinking, has no interest in visiting with family and is not speaking very much. What action will the hospice nurse take?