Helicobacter Pylori Is Implicated as a Causative Agent in the Development

question 16

Multiple Choice

Helicobacter pylori is implicated as a causative agent in the development of duodenal or gastric ulcers.What teaching should the nurse practitioner plan for a patient who has a positive Helicobacter pylori test?

• A) It is highly contagious and a mask should be worn at home.
• B) Treatment regimen is multiple lifetime medications.
• C) Treatment regimen is multiple medications taken daily for a few weeks.
• D) Treatment regimen is complicated and is not indicated unless the patient is symptomatic.

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Definitions:

Direct Relationship

A relationship between two variables in which they move in the same direction, meaning as one variable increases, the other also increases.

Independent Variable

A variable presumed to influence or cause changes in another variable, referred to as the dependent variable.

Regression Analysis

Regression analysis is a statistical method used for estimating the relationships among variables, often to determine how the typical value of the dependent variable changes when any one of the independent variables is varied.

Least Squares Line

The best-fitting straight line through a set of data points, minimizing the sum of the squares of the vertical distances of the points from the line.