The Nurse Has Been Injured with a Needlestick While Caring

question 21

Multiple Choice

The nurse has been injured with a needlestick while caring for a newly admitted client, and she goes to tell the charge nurse. The charge nurse tells her to wash her hands thoroughly and then to determine the client's HIV status, get instructions on monitoring potential symptoms and medical follow-up, and document the injury in writing. What is the first thing the injured nurse should do?

• A) Document the injury in writing.
• B) Obtain the client's HIV status.
• C) Get instructions on monitoring potential symptoms.
• D) Report the injury to the supervisor.

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Definitions:

Contingency Table

A type of table in a matrix format that displays the frequency distribution of the variables. It helps in analyzing the relationship between two categorical variables.

Qualitative Variables

Variables that express categorical data, representing types or qualities rather than numbers.

Chi-square Tests

Statistical tests that use the chi-square statistic to test hypotheses about the distribution of categorical variables.

Lower-tailed

Refers to a type of hypothesis test or confidence interval that focuses on determining whether the value of interest is significantly less than a specified value.