A Patient Is Admitted to the Emergency Department with Multiple

question 27

Multiple Choice

A patient is admitted to the emergency department with multiple wounds inflicted by an unknown assailant. What action should the nurse take?

• A) Clean and dress the wounds as soon as initial assessment is completed.
• B) Dispose of bloody clothing in a biohazard bag.
• C) Change gloves often during patient care.
• D) Keep evidence in the patient's room until it is released to authorities.

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Definitions:

Statistically Significant

A term used to indicate that the probability of the observed data, or something more extreme, happening by chance is low under the null hypothesis.

Stochastic Relationship

A relationship between variables or processes that involves randomness, implying that predictions can only be made probabilistically.

Regression Analysis

A statistical technique for modeling and analyzing the relationships between a dependent variable and one or more independent variables.

Dependent Variable

The variable in an experiment that is expected to change in response to manipulations of the independent variable.