The Choice of Wound Dressing Is Dependent Upon All of the Following

question 30

Multiple Choice

The choice of wound dressing is dependent upon all of the following EXCEPT:

• A) location of the incision or wound
• B) type and amount of drainage expected
• C) ambulatory status of the patient post-op
• D) condition of the incision/wound upon closure

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Definitions:

Type I Error

Deciding wrongly that there was a significant result when in fact there was not.

Standard Deviations

A measure of the amount of variation or dispersion of a set of values.

Normal Curve

A symmetrical, bell-shaped curve that represents the distribution of many types of data where most values cluster around the mean.

Inferential Statistics

The branch of statistics that allows one to make predictions or inferences about a population based on a sample of data taken from that population.