The Nurse Is Reinforcing Teaching for a Patient with Open-Angle

question 4

Multiple Choice

The nurse is reinforcing teaching for a patient with open-angle glaucoma. Which of the following statements is most important to include in the patient teaching?

• A)Compliance with drug therapy is essential to prevent loss of vision.
• B)Damage to the eye caused by glaucoma is reversible in early stages.
• C)Regardless of treatment, peripheral vision will be eventually lost.
• D)Eye pain is experienced until the optic nerve atrophies, causing blindness.

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Definitions:

Null Hypothesis

The default hypothesis that there is no significant difference or relationship between specified populations, any observed difference being due to sampling or experimental error.

Directional Alternative

A hypothesis that outlines the anticipated direction in the variation or association among variables.

T-statistic

A T-statistic is used in statistical testing to determine the significance of the difference between the means of two groups relative to the spread or variability of their scores.

Means

Statistical measures that represent the average value in a set of numbers, calculated by dividing the sum of all numbers by the count of numbers.