The Nurse Is Reinforcing Teaching for a Patient with Chronic

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Multiple Choice

The nurse is reinforcing teaching for a patient with chronic kidney disease who is receiving hemodialysis three times a week at a hemodialysis center. Which statements should be included? (Select all that apply.?

• A)"You may feel weak and fatigued after the treatment."
• B)"You may not be able to eat before the treatment session."
• C)"You will need to be weighed before and after the session."
• D)"Report any numbness, swelling, redness, or drainage from the dialysis access site."
• E)"You may experience some bleeding from the puncture site or a nosebleed. Report it if it doesn't stop within a few minutes."
• F)"Your medication schedule will be the same on dialysis days."

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Definitions:

Multiple-Regression Formula

An equation that models the relationship between a dependent variable and two or more independent variables, predicting the dependent variable based on the independents.

Dependent Variable

A variable in an experiment or model that is expected to change in response to manipulations of the independent variable(s).

Independent Variable

The variable in an experiment that is manipulated or changed by the researcher to observe its effect on the dependent variable.

Criterion Variable

The dependent variable that researchers are interested in predicting or understanding in an experiment.