If Uncertain About Whether to Give Particular Information to a Patient

question 62

Multiple Choice

If uncertain about whether to give particular information to a patient on the telephone, a general principle is to ____.

• A) have the nurse relay the information
• B) document the details of the call, including what you said, in the chart
• C) realize it is appropriate and honest to give information to the patient
• D) have the provider return the patient's call
• E) tell the patient you can't find the requested information

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Definitions:

Population Proportion

The ratio or percentage of a particular group within a larger population that shares a characteristic.

Continuity Correction Factor

An adjustment made to a discrete probability distribution when approximating it by a continuous distribution.

Standard Error

The standard deviation of the sampling distribution of a statistic, most commonly of the mean.

Sample Proportion

The proportion of items in a sample that meet a specified condition, often used as an estimator of the population proportion.