The Client Is Being Treated with Enteral Feeding

question 2

Multiple Choice

The client is being treated with enteral feeding. Before administering the feeding, the nurse plans to elevate the head of the client's bed _____ degrees.

• A) 90
• B) 45
• C) 30
• D) 15

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Definitions:

Critical Values

Specific points on the scale of a statistical distribution that are associated with a specified significance level, used for hypothesis testing.

Rejection Regions

Specific areas in the distribution of a test statistic that, if the observed test statistic falls within, will lead to the rejection of the null hypothesis.

Standardized Test Statistic

A calculated statistic that measures the number of standard deviations a sample statistic lies from the null hypothesis, used in hypothesis testing.

Hypotheses

Statements set up for a statistical test that express the relationship between variables. There is usually a null hypothesis (no effect) and an alternative hypothesis (effect present).