The Nurse Has Received an End of Shift Report on the Postpartum

question 4

Multiple Choice

The nurse has received an end of shift report on the postpartum unit. Which patient should she see first?

• A)Multip, second day post-cesarean, moderate lochia serosa
• B)Primip, day of delivery, fundus firm 2 cm above umbilicus
• C)Multip, first postpartum day, 4 cm diastasis recti abdominis
• D)Primip, first postpartum day, hypoactive bowel sounds all quadrants

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Definitions:

Multiple Logistic Regression

A statistical technique used to model the probability of a certain class or event existing such as pass/fail, win/lose, alive/dead, based on multiple independent variables.

Explanatory Variables

Variables in a statistical model that are manipulated or chosen to determine their effect on the response variables of interest.

Logistic Regression

A statistical method for predicting binary outcomes by modeling the probability of a variable based on its logarithm.

Logistic Regression Model

A statistical method used for analyzing a dataset in which there are one or more independent variables that determine an outcome. The outcome is measured with a dichotomous variable (where there are only two possible outcomes).