While Reviewing the Laboratory Reports of a Client Who Presented

question 12

Multiple Choice

While reviewing the laboratory reports of a client who presented with hearing loss, a nurse finds the presence of inflammation in the membranous labyrinth. The client also reports dizziness and loss of balance. Which treatment strategy should the nurse anticipate to be most beneficial to the client?

• A) Tympanostomy
• B) Destructive surgery
• C) Antibiotic and meclizine
• D) Analgesic and antipyretic

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Definitions:

Significant

Sufficiently great or important to be worthy of attention; noteworthy.

Self-Serving Bias

A common cognitive bias that causes individuals to see things in a way that favors themselves, often by attributing successes to personal skill and failures to external factors.

Probability

The measure of the likelihood that an event will occur, expressed as a number between 0 and 1.

Control

In experiments, the standard to which comparisons are made by keeping all variables constant except the one being tested.