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 reviewing vital signs for a client admitted at 2 AM with an injury sustained while intoxicated. The medical record shows the following blood pressure and pulse readings over time: 0200 (Admission) 118/78 70 bpm 0400 126/80 76 bpm 0600 128/82 72 bpm 0800 132/88 80 bpm 1000 148/94 96 bpm Based on this trent, what should be the nurse’s priority action?

A nurse is evaluating a client exhibiting paranoid thoughts. Which of the following documented observations would most accurately reflect the client’s presentation and align with the clinical manifestations of paranoid ideation?

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?

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?

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.

A researcher wanted to determine if the year the Star Spangled Banner was sung at a Super Bowl can be used as a linear predictor of the length of time (in seconds) the song was sung.  Data were collected and after checking all conditions, a linear regression analysis was produced.  Select Rguroo output is provided below.   What is the value of the t-test statistic hidden above?  Remember, the general form of the test statistic is (observed statistic – null parameter)/standard error.

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

A random sample of records of home sales from March 1 to July 1, 2010 from the files maintained by the Charlottesville Board of Realtors gives the Price (in dollars) and Size (in square feet) of 32 homes.  The regression model is as follows: Predicted Price = 47,820 + [ 61 × (Size) ] In this context, does the y-intercept have a reasonable interpretation?

If you were testing whether the difference between two population means were equal (thus your H0: μ1 = μ2), what value would you find in the center of your randomization distribution?