A Patient Comes into the Clinic Complaining of Being Exposed

question 3

Multiple Choice

A patient comes into the clinic complaining of being exposed to a coworker who has the flu.The patient is asymptomatic.The nurse anticipates that the physician will order which of the following?

• A) Flumadine (rimantadine)
• B) Valtrex (valacyclovir)
• C) Ziagen (abacavir)
• D) Crixivan (indinavir)

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Definitions:

Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium

A principle that states the genetic variation in a population will remain constant from one generation to another in the absence of disturbing factors.

Heterozygotes

Individuals having two different alleles of a particular gene, resulting in a mixture of genetic traits.

Null Hypothesis

A default hypothesis that there is no significant difference or effect, used as a starting point for statistical significance testing.

Allele Frequencies

The proportion of different genetic variants of a gene in a population, denoting the genetic diversity at that specific locus.