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Anajune7

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A nursing student is studying preventable causes of death. In 2004, what were the three leading causes of preventable death?
 
  A. Tobacco use
  B. Drowning
  C. Alcohol use
  D. Falls
  E. Improper diet and physical inactivity

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In a hypertensive study, nurses took the blood pressure readings of 250 participants. In order to determine the accuracy of their readings, they wanted to test the sensitivity of their instruments.
 
  If the number of true positives is 40, and the total number of participants with disease (true positives plus false negatives) is 55, the sensitivity of the instrument is ___________________ _.


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chjcharjto14

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

ANS: A, C, E

Answer to Question 2

ANS: 72.7


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Reply 2 on: Jul 8, 2018
YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review

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