If a Patient Decides to Leave an Emergency Department Without

question 3

Multiple Choice

If a patient decides to leave an emergency department without notice because of a delay in being treated, the courts would generally hold ___________.

• A) the nurse should have prevented the patient from leaving
• B) the nurse should have encouraged the patient to make his or her own decision to leave
• C) that the patient left the hospital without notice on his or her own accord and there is no liability on the part of the hospital if injury occurs as a result of leaving
• D) the hospital should have apologized to the patient for the long wait

Recognize the assumptions underlying the Wilcoxon rank sum test.

Assess the appropriateness of nonparametric tests over parametric tests.

Understand the validity conditions and limitations of the chi-square approximation.

Identify the correct formula for calculating degrees of freedom in contingency tables.

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