To Prevent a Urinary Infection in an Elderly Patient Who

question 39

Multiple Choice

To prevent a urinary infection in an elderly patient who is in traction for a broken femur, the nurse would:

• A) request a Foley catheter to be inserted.
• B) encourage fluid intake to keep urine dilute.
• C) encourage intake of apple juice to keep urine acidic.
• D) offer a urinal every 2 hours.

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Numerator

The top number of a fraction, showing the number of parts out of the denominator considered.

Chi-square Distribution

A probability distribution that is used to describe the distribution of a sum of the squares of k independent standard normal random variables, often used in hypothesis testing.

Standard Deviation

A measure of the amount of variation or dispersion in a set of values, indicating how much the values differ from the mean.

Sample Variance

A statistical measure of the dispersion or variance within a sample data set.