During Assessment, the Patient Mentions That He Recently "Sent Off

question 28

Multiple Choice

During assessment, the patient mentions that he recently "sent off to a company for pharmacogenomic testing." What nursing responses are indicated?

• A) "Have you changed your medications any?"
• B) "Have you talked with your physician about the results?"
• C) "Why did you do that?"
• D) "Was that test expensive?"
• E) "Who told you about the testing?"

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Definitions:

Market Efficiency

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Semistrong-Form Market Efficiency

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Index Fund

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Serial Correlation

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