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In the documentary, Chasing Zero, which health care worker was sent to prison for a medication error that resulted in the death of a young patient?  

Which of the following indicates that the nurse has achieved cultural synergy?

Which of the following factors has contributed to the fact that many patients who are presenting for care with higher levels of information about their illness and possible treatments?

Which of the following beliefs about feeding tubes in patients confuses the ethics of its usage?

What is the primary goal for establishing licensure for nurses?

[U5Q] Rodney is accumulating hours toward his BCaBA certification, and his supervisor is assessing his observation skills. The supervisor asks Rodney to record interobserver agreement (IOA) data on their client Sydney’s thumb-sucking behavior at his preschool for a 40-minute period. Out of the twenty 2-minute intervals, either the supervisor or Rodney records that thumb-sucking did not occur in seven of the intervals. The supervisor and Rodney only agreed on the nonoccurrence of thumb-sucking in four of their seven intervals. The supervisor calculates IOA by dividing four by seven to obtain an IOA of 57%. This is an example of:

Which process of evaluating patient learning objectives provides the nurse with a concrete measurement of the effectiveness of teaching?

A patient who has just been told that he has advanced lung cancer, blurts out to the nurse, “This can’t be happening! I never smoked. Can I get a second opinion?” What official Stage of Grief is this patient most likely experiencing?

[U5Q] Which experimental designs are represented in this graph? 

[U5Q] A behavior analyst is working with their client Malcolm who wants to quit smoking cigarettes. Malcom’s current baseline is 20 cigarettes per day. The behavior analyst and Malcolm develop a token economy where Malcom earns tokens for smoking a set number of cigarettes or fewer per day. Each week, the daily allotment decreases by one cigarette. They decide on this rate of change because Malcom wants to join a running group in about 20 weeks. What should the behavior analyst consider when using a changing criterion design?