Which Nursing Response Best Describes Alternative Therapies to a Patient

question 18

Multiple Choice

Which nursing response best describes alternative therapies to a patient?

• A) They are not widely used in hospitals or reimbursed by insurance.
• B) They are often considered quackery and of little real value to those who use them.
• C) They are widely researched and can take their place with allopathic medicine.
• D) They are more effective if used as preventive measures than if used for cure.

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Definitions:

Two-tailed Hypothesis Test

A statistical test used to determine if there is a significant difference between the means or proportions of two populations in either direction.

Sample Statistics

Figures that represent or summarize characteristics of a sample drawn from a larger population, including measures like mean, median, and standard deviation.

Degrees of Freedom

The number of independent values or quantities which can be assigned to a statistical distribution or parameter estimation.

Independent Populations

Populations in which the members or outcomes of one group do not influence or are not related to the members or outcomes of another group.