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burchfield96

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The administration at a local medical center examines the trends in health problems when developing long-range plans for staffing and space allocation. Which of the following sources of information would be most helpful?
 
  a. Local data drawn from a professional survey in the city
  b. The National Health Interview Survey
  c. The National Hospital Discharge Survey
  d. The state's vital statistics

Question 2

A nurse has only a regular blood pressure cuff when conducting a health screening for all of the residents of a community. Which of the following may be lacking when obtaining blood pressure readings?
 
  a. Reliability
  b. Sensitivity
  c. Specificity
  d. Validity



paavo

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Answer to Question 1

ANS: A

Answer to Question 2

ANS: D



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