What Is the Most Effective Intervention to Prevent Constipation in a Patient

question 30

Multiple Choice

What is the most effective intervention to prevent constipation in a patient who recently sustained a fractured femur and is currently in traction?

• A) Get the patient up and to the bathroom at least twice each day.
• B) Administer enemas each day until the patient has a bowel movement.
• C) Administer pain medication to prevent pain during defecation.
• D) Encourage a high-fiber diet and increased amounts of fluids.

Conduct and interpret t-tests for independent samples with either equal or unequal variances.

Understand the significance level, p-values, and their role in hypothesis testing.

Perform and interpret two-sample t-tests to compare population means.

Calculate and interpret confidence intervals for comparing two population means.

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