The purpose of ________ is to summarize and explain a specific set of data
A. descriptive statistics
B. inferential statistics
C. parametric procedures
D. nonparametric procedures
ANS: A
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The patient asks the nurse, "Why am I so weak?" What is the best response from the nurse? a. "When you are in bed for a long time, your body begins to break down its own protein." b. "When you don't use it, you lose it." c. "You haven't eaten much for the past couple of months." d. "Your body has spent energy trying to heal itself by increasing the metabolic rate."
There is concern that interest in Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) has contributed to a decline in qualitative studies in nursing. To what is this decline attributed?
1. Nurse researchers are not interested in conducting qualitative research. 2. Findings of qualitative studies are not applicable to nursing practice. 3. Qualitative researchers are not communicating strategies for utilizing study findings. 4. Qualitative research does not examine phenomena of interest to nurses.
While providing care to an unconscious client, which of the following should the nurse do?
a. Whisper to avoid disturbing the client. b. Speak to the client in a normal voice. c. Maintain a steady stream of conversation with others in the room. d. Use written communication with others in the room.
A nurse is documenting the intensity of a client's pain. What would be the most accurate entry?
A) "Client complaining of severe pain." B) "Client appears to be in a lot of pain and is crying." C) "Client states has pain; walking in hall with ease." D) "Client states pain is a 9 on a scale of 1 to 10."