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burton19126

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The nurse tells a peer, I'm assigned to an interdisciplinary team working with a group of depressed
  clients, half of whom are receiving supportive interventions and antidepressant medication. The
  others are receiving only antidepressants.
 
  We are concerned with treatment outcomes for each
  group.. The peer should identify the work described as
  a. analytical epidemiology.
  b. clinical epidemiology.
  c. descriptive epidemiology.
  d. experimental epidemiology.

Question 2

The nurse making an admission assessment notes the client is profoundly depressed to the point of
  being mute and motionless. The client has refused to bathe and eat for a week, according to her
  parents.
 
  The nurse should code the client's global assessment of functioning as
  a. 100.
  b. 50.
  c. 25.
  d. 10.



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Answer to Question 1

ANS: B
Clinical epidemiology is a broad field that addresses what happens to people with illnesses who are
seen by providers of clinical care. This study is concerned with the effectiveness of various
interventions. Option A explores the rates of variation in illness among different groups, seeking to
identify risk factors contributing to development of the disorder. Option C provides estimates of the
rates of disorders in a general population and its subgroups. Option D tests presumed assumptions
between a risk factor and a disorder.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: D
The client is unable to maintain personal hygiene, oral intake, or verbal communication. She is a
persistent danger to herself because she refuses to eat. Option A indicates high-level functioning.
Options B and C suggest higher functional abilities than the client presently displays.



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