In Developing a Teaching Plan for the Patient with Angina,the

question 17

Multiple Choice

In developing a teaching plan for the patient with angina,the nurse recognizes that teaching about the first line of drug therapy for angina will include instructions about using which of the following medications?

• A) One aspirin a day
• B) Transdermal nitrates
• C) Lovastatin (Mevacor)
• D) Metoprolol (Lopressor)

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Definitions:

Single-Blind

An experimental design where the participants do not know which group (control or experimental) they belong to, but the researchers do.

Experimental Group

In an experiment, the group of subjects who are exposed to the variable under study, allowing researchers to determine the effect of the variable.

Control Group

In an experiment, the group that does not receive the treatment or intervention being tested, serving as a benchmark to measure how the other tested subjects do.

Field Research

The collection of raw data outside a laboratory, library, or workplace setting, directly from the environment or a specific situation.