The Nurse Is Teaching a Client the Importance That a Placebo

question 10

Multiple Choice

The nurse is teaching a client the importance that a placebo plays in drug research.Which items are appropriate for the nurse to include in the teaching session?
Select all that apply.

• A)The research drug must be compared to an inert substance to determine effectiveness.
• B)The placebo will be given to a control group,and those results will be compared to the group taking the research drug.
• C)During the trials,neither group will know if they have the placebo drug or the research drug.
• D)The research drug will be considered for a New Drug Application (NDA)if it is found to be effective and safe when compared to the placebo drug.
• E)Before the clinical trials,the research drug will be tested on select clients against another standard drug used for the same condition.

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Definitions:

Independent Variables

Variables in an experiment or model that are manipulated or categorized to observe their impact on dependent variables.

Observations

Data points or recorded measures of variables obtained during an experiment or survey.

SSE

The sum of squares due to error, a measure of the discrepancy between the data and an estimation model.

Coefficient Of Determination

A statistical measure, often denoted as R², indicating the proportion of the variance in the dependent variable that is predictable from the independent variable(s).