A Patient Diagnosed with Major Depression Does Not Interact with Others

question 32

Multiple Choice

A patient diagnosed with major depression does not interact with others except when addressed, and then only in monosyllables. The nurse wants to show nonjudgemental acceptance and support for the patient. Which communication technique will be effective?

• A) Make observations.
• B) Ask the patient direct questions.
• C) Phrase questions to require yes or no answers.
• D) Frequently reassure the patient to reduce guilt feelings.

Grasp the factors affecting the width of a confidence interval and strategies to alter it.

Identify the conditions under which the standard normal distribution can be used for constructing confidence interval estimates for population proportions.

Understand the distinction between unbiased and biased estimators.

Understand and identify the margin of error in estimation context.

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