The Nurse Is Caring for a Patient Who Is Admitted

question 16

Multiple Choice

The nurse is caring for a patient who is admitted to the hospital with dehydration and gastroenteritis. The patient attempted to walk to the bathroom and fainted right after getting out of bed. The nurse knows which condition to be the most likely cause of the patient's collapse?

• A) Orthostatic hypotension
• B) Circulatory overload
• C) Hemolytic reaction
• D) Catheter embolism

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Definitions:

Regression Analysis

A statistical method for examining the relationship between a dependent variable and one or more independent variables.

Index

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A measure indicating the relationship's intensity between two variables, showing how closely the variables are related.

Variables

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