The parent of a 4 year old expresses concern because her hospitalized child has started sucking his thumb. the mother states that this behavior began 2 days after hospital admission. which of the following is the appropriate nursing response?
a. "it is best to ignore the behavior."
b. "your child is acting like a baby."
c. "the doctor will need to be notified."
d. "a 4 year old is too old for this type of behavior."

to prevent people from getting the ebola virus, countries around the world paid to doctors develop a new vaccine. now that the vaccine has been made, doctors will need to experiment on a large number of people to find out if it works safely.

what is the greatest limitation that scientists are dealing with as they try to figure out how to experiment with the ebola vaccine?

meditation is a practice of sitting still and quiet for minutes or even hours. it has been practiced for thousands of years and is even a part of religious practices for some people. carefully controlled, repeated measurements of brain activity have shown that meditation does increase certain chemicals in the brain and even grows the part of the brain that people connect with their current surroundings and activities.

are claims about the effects of meditation most likely scientific or pseudoscientific?

not pseudoscientific, because people have made claims about it but scientific observations have not been made

c would be the answer