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A school nurse was concerned about the prevalence of obesity in the elementary school classes. On the basis of the literature, the nurse decided to ask each student whether he or she ate breakfast before coming to school in the morning.
 
  Which type of study is the nurse conducting?
  a. Experimental
  b. Case-control
  c. Correlational
  d. Clinical trial

Question 2

A community/public health nurse needs to conduct a descriptive study of the health needs of elderly persons attending a congregate meal at the local community center. Therefore, the nurse would
 
  a. Divide the elderly population into two groups (healthy and unhealthy), teach courses on healthy lifestyles, and then measure any changes.
  b. Use two randomly chosen groups, teach healthy lifestyles to all participants, and then determine learning through a posttest.
  c. Divide the elderly population into two randomly chosen groups, teach healthy lifestyles to one group, and then determine differences in knowledge between the two groups.
  d. Screen each elderly person and look for patterns in the findings related to health problems that necessitate attention.


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karlss

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Reply #1 on: Jul 8, 2018
Answer to Question 1

ANS: C

Answer to Question 2

ANS: D


asan beg

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Reply 2 on: Jul 8, 2018
Great answer, keep it coming :)

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:D TYSM

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