The Nurse Explains to the Patient Who Is Using Prilosec

question 8

Multiple Choice

The nurse explains to the patient who is using Prilosec (a proton pump inhibitor) that the drug has reduced the amount of the natural protector _____ in the stomach lining.

• A)lactic acid
• B)lysozyme
• C)cilia
• D)fatty acids

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Definitions:

Probability

An indicator of how probable an event is to happen, represented by a numerical value ranging from 0 to 1.

Probability

The likelihood or chance that a particular event will happen, quantifiable as a value between zero (impossible) and one (certain).

Independent

Pertains to variables or events that are not influenced or affected by each other.

P(A ∪ B)

The likelihood that either event A or event B, or both, will happen.