A nurse practitioner is working in a crowded neighborhood where ...

[joblessjake]

A nurse practitioner is working in a crowded neighborhood where the population is primarily immigrants from China. The nurse has designed a research study to follow children from kindergarten to the age of 25.
 
  She is going to be looking at their diet, successful progression in school, health practices, and development of disease, to name a few items. This type of research is known as
  A)
  cohort study.
  B)
  cross-sectional study.
  C)
  case-control study.
  D)
  epidemiological study.

Question 2

A geriatric clinical nurse educator is teaching the other members of the health care team about the incidence, prevalence, and course of depression among older adults.
 
  Which of the following statements is most likely to appear in the physician's teaching?
  A)
  Even though suicide rates are lower among older adults than younger adults, depression needs to be diagnosed and treated early.
  B)
  Though they are certainly not synonymous, depression can be an indicator of dementia.
  C)
  Many older adults lack the symptoms of sleep disturbances and lack of concentration that suggest depression in younger adults.
  D)
  Bronchodilators and antiplatelet medications have been correlated with depression in the elderly.

[joechoochoy]

Answer to Question 1

Ans:
A

Feedback:

In this cohort study, a group of people who were born at approximately the same time or share some characteristics of interest is the focus of the research. This study does not possess the characteristics of a case-control or cross-sectional study, and epidemiological study is not an existing methodology.

Answer to Question 2

Ans:
B

Feedback:

Depression can be a prodromal symptom of dementia in older adults. Suicide rates in older adults are higher than in younger people. Sleep disturbances and lack of concentration are not noted to be absent in older adults with depression, and bronchodilators and antiplatelet medications are not among the medication linked with the onset of depression.