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The tiered approach to analgesia emphasizes treatments with the most evidence for efficacy in Tier 1.

Which of the following statements regarding feline analgesia is TRUE?

The healthcare provider orders Demerol 90 mg IM every 4 hours as needed for pain. The pharmacy has Demerol 80 mg/mL on hand. What volume will the nurse administer in one dose? (label correctly, round to the tenths)

The healthcare provider orders Compazine 3 mg IVP stat for a client with a severe migraine. The following label indicates what is available from pharmacy (Compazine [Prochlorperazine] 5mg/mL): Label: Compazine           5 mg/mL What volume of medication will the nurse administer? (label correctly, round to the hundredths)

The healthcare provider orders an anemic client to receive Cyancobalamin (Vitamin B12) 100 mcg IM once daily . The following label indicates what is available:  Label:Cyanocobalamin injection, USP30,000 mcg/30 mL (1,000 mcg/mL) What volume will the nurse administer? (label correctly, round to the hundredths)

To answer the question of whether the number of adverse childhood events an individual experiences predicts the person’s level of depression at age 20, the researcher should use a:

For the data in the source table, what is the effect size for this one-way within-groups ANOVA? Source SS df MS F Between-groups 15.16 3 5.053 3.539 Subjects 7.67 5 1.534 1.074 Error 21.42 15 1.428   Total 44.25 23      

According to guidelines published by Cohen (1988), a correlation value of –0.49 would be considered:

Alex visually inspects their data before analyzing it, only to find that the populations that they sampled appear to have very different variances although her sample sizes are equal. Which assumption of ANOVA have they violated, and what should they do?

(Table: Abuse) In a study of simulated juror decision making, Braden-Maguire, Sigal, and Perrino (2005) investigated the type of verdict assigned by study participants after they read a 12-page summary of a case involving a battered woman who had shot and killed her husband. In particular, the researchers manipulated the race of the defendant (African American or Caucasian) and the type of abuse suffered (emotional or physical). The dependent variable was the number of guilty verdicts. (a) Calculate the chi-square statistic for a test of independence to determine the effects of the type of abuse and the race of the defendant on the number of guilty verdicts, and explain what this result means. (b) Calculate the effect size for this test but you don’t have to explain its meaning. The data appear in the table.Table: Abuse   Emotional Abuse Physical Abuse African American 19 6 Caucasian 16 7