A Patient Receiving a Large Intramuscular Dose of Antibiotic Was

question 12

Multiple Choice

A patient receiving a large intramuscular dose of antibiotic was asked to please wait 20 to 30 minutes before checking out.What is the reason for this request?

• A) The office staff needs to make sure that the right medicine was administered before the patient leaves.
• B) The nurse always forgets to ask the patient about allergies before administering the antibiotic.
• C) Antibiotics are a common source of severe allergic reactions within the first few minutes after an injection.
• D) The staff wants to make sure that the patient has time to pay for the services delivered that day.

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Definitions:

Sample Mean

The average value of a set of data points taken from a sample of a larger population.

Population Parameter

A numerical value that represents a characteristic or feature of an entire population.

Confidence Coefficient

The probability that a confidence interval contains the true population parameter, typically expressed as a percentage.

Margin Of Error

An estimate of the amount of random sampling error in a survey's results, expressing the range within which the true value is expected to lie with a certain level of confidence.