What Is the Nurse's Initial Action When Working with a Patient

question 20

Multiple Choice

What is the nurse's initial action when working with a patient with PTSD?

• A) Develop trust.
• B) Promote problem solving.
• C) Encourage verbalization of anger.
• D) Have the patient evaluate past behaviors.

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Definitions:

Standard Deviation

A measure of the amount of variation or dispersion of a set of values, indicating how much the individual data points differ from the mean.

Variance

A measure of the dispersion of a set of data points in a dataset, indicating how far each data point lies from the mean.

Variability

Refers to the extent to which data points in a statistical distribution or data set diverge from the average value.

Range

The difference between the highest and lowest values in a data set, showing the spread or dispersion of the data points.