The Use of Probing Questions Can Increase the Patient's Anxiety

question 17

Multiple Choice

The use of probing questions can increase the patient's anxiety or cause him to withdraw.When this happens,the nurse most often experiences feelings of

• A) being pursued or attacked.
• B) participating in a tug-of-war.
• C) being overwhelmed.
• D) being confused.

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Definitions:

Type II Error

The error made by failing to reject a false null hypothesis, also known as a "false negative."

Type I Error

The mistaken dismissal of an accurate null hypothesis, frequently referred to as a false positive.

Effect Size

A quantitative measure of the strength of a phenomenon, used to indicate the magnitude of a difference or relationship within the context of a statistical analysis.

T-Tests

Statistical tests used to compare the means of two groups to see if there is a significant difference between them.