A Patient Who Is Receiving Daily Steroids for the Control

question 22

Multiple Choice

A patient who is receiving daily steroids for the control of a condition calls the nurse to ask advice about whether a small child who has been exposed to influenza should come and visit because she has not had any symptoms.What is the most appropriate response by the office nurse?

• A) "Yes, let the child visit.There is no reason not to visit because this child is not sick."
• B) "No, the child should not visit.Infectious diseases are often most communicable in the short period before the child actually becomes ill."
• C) "It would be up to the patient.Plan not to get overtired with a small child running and bouncing around."
• D) "Take the child who is not sick to her own physician and ask this question first."

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Definitions:

Dependent Variable

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Convenience Sample

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Representative Sample

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Random Sample

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