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The staff of a medical unit has agreed to pilot test a new, evidence-based educational initiative that addresses the learning needs of adults who have been recently diagnosed with type 2 diabetes.
 
  A pilot test is likely to accomplish which of the following?
  A) Determine whether the existing research on diabetes education is valid and reliable.
  B) Reduce the incidence of type 2 diabetes among local adults.
  C) Gauge whether nurses are qualified to perform patient and family teaching related to diabetes.
  D) Indicate whether the initiative is feasible to implement and applicable to the population.

Question 2

Nurse M makes a conscious effort to think beyond the rigidly-defined signs and symptoms of illnesses and recognizes that context has a highly significant impact on illness situations. This thinking facilitates which of the following?
 
  A) Engaging in detective work
  B) Phronesis
  C) Making qualitative distinctions
  D) Techne



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Answer to Question 1

D

Answer to Question 2

C



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