A Client Who Is Scheduled for an Ileostomy Surgery Says

question 22

Multiple Choice

A client who is scheduled for an ileostomy surgery says to the nurse, "I'm afraid I won't be able to look at that stoma." Which response by the nurse would be most therapeutic?

• A) "That's something you don't have to think about now."
• B) "I'll make sure there is a familiar nurse here with you the first time."
• C) "It's okay, everybody feels this anxious about this."
• D) "Don't worry, I'm sure that you will be able to do this just fine."

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Definitions:

Variances

A measure of the dispersion indicating how far individual numbers in a dataset are from the mean.

Bimodal Distribution

A probability distribution with two different modes or peaks, representing two prevalent outcomes or characteristics in a dataset.

Variance

A measure of dispersion that indicates the average squared deviation of each number in a set from the mean of the set.

Population

The entire pool from which a statistical sample is drawn and about which inferences are made.