The proportion of persons with a positive test who actually have a disease, interpreted as the possibility that an individual with a positive test has the disease is the
1. Sensitivity
2. Specificity
3. Positive predictive value
4. Negative predictive value
ANS: 3
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When the client scheduled for a modified radical mastectomy asks the nurse what tissue the surgeon will remove, the nurse would answer
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