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A Patient Has Had Mild Acute Diarrhea for 8 Days

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A patient has had mild acute diarrhea for 8 days. The patient is alert with normal vital signs and no abdominal discomfort but appears mildly dehydrated. Which tests will the provider perform? (Select all that apply.)

Definitions:

Internal Consistency

Internal consistency is a measure of the reliability of a test or scale; it assesses the extent to which all parts or items of a survey measure the same concept or construct and therefore reflects the interrelatedness of the items within the test.

Cronbach's Alpha

A measure of internal consistency or reliability of a psychometric instrument, indicating how well the items in a test measure the same underlying concept.

Internal Consistency

A measure of the correlation between multiple items in a test that assess the same construct.

Pre-Tests

Assessments given before a treatment or intervention to establish baseline levels against which changes can be measured.