A Nurse Is Caring for an Obese Client Who Has

question 6

Multiple Choice

A nurse is caring for an obese client who has excess weight around their buttocks, hips, and thighs. How should the nurse classify this excess weight?

• A)Abdominal obesity
• B)Gluteal-femoral obesity
• C)Obese class 2
• D)Obese class 3

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Definitions:

Right-Skewed

Refers to a distribution where the tail on the right side of the histogram is longer or fatter than the left side.

Standard Deviation

A metric that quantifies the degree of spread or scattering among values in a dataset, illustrating the extent to which these values diverge.

Mean

The average value of a set of numbers, calculated by summing them up and dividing by the count of numbers.

Normally Distributed

A type of distribution in statistical theory where data is symmetrically distributed around a mean value, resembling a bell curve.