A Patient with a Lung Disease Takes Prophylactic Antibiotics and Tries

question 4

Multiple Choice

A patient with a lung disease takes prophylactic antibiotics and tries to stay indoors during the winter. Today the patient reports bleeding more than normal after a minor injury. How would the nurse evaluate this report?

• A) The antibiotic may be interfering with clotting times.
• B) The patient is not getting enough vitamin D from sunlight.
• C) The patient may be ingesting more vitamin K-containing food.
• D) The patient's lung disease has affected the production of platelets.

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Definitions:

Cost Analysis

The process of evaluating the costs involved in producing a product or providing a service, to determine ways to reduce or manage expenditures.

R-squared

A statistical measure that represents the proportion of the variance for a dependent variable that's explained by an independent variable or variables in a regression model.

Dependent Variable

A variable that responds to some causal factor; total cost is the dependent variable, as represented by the letter Y, in the equation Y = a + bX.

Independent Variable

A variable in an experiment that is manipulated to observe its effect on the dependent variable.