The Desired Outcome for a Patient Experiencing Insomnia Is, "Patient

question 8

Multiple Choice

The desired outcome for a patient experiencing insomnia is, "Patient will sleep for a minimum of 5 hours nightly within 7 days." At the end of 7 days, review of sleep data shows the patient sleeps an average of 4 hours nightly and takes a 2-hour afternoon nap. The nurse will document the outcome as which of the following?

• A) Consistently met
• B) Often met
• C) Sometimes met
• D) Unmet

---

Definitions:

Degrees Of Freedom

The quantity of unique variables or figures permissible in a statistical distribution adhering to set restrictions.

Chi-squared Test

A statistical method used to determine if there is a significant association between two categorical variables.

Null Hypothesis

A theory positing no substantial variance between designated groups, attributing any noted disparity to errors in sampling or experimentation.

Normal Distribution

A probability distribution, symmetric around the mean, shows that datasets close to the mean are encountered more often than ones farther away.