What Is an Appropriate Nursing Intervention to Minimize Separation Anxiety

question 9

Multiple Choice

What is an appropriate nursing intervention to minimize separation anxiety in a hospitalized toddler in the critical care unit?

• A) Provide for privacy.
• B) Encourage parents to room in.
• C) Explain procedures and routines.
• D) Encourage contact with children the same age.

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Definitions:

Degrees of Freedom

Refers to the number of independent values or quantities which can be assigned to a statistical distribution or a statistical test.

DfBG

Degree of Freedom Between Groups, a statistical parameter used in ANOVA to determine the variability among group means.

DfWG

Degrees of freedom within groups, referring to the number of independent values in the calculation of variance within groups.

One-way ANOVA

A statistical test that assesses whether there are significant differences between the means of three or more independent groups.