You Are the Clinical Nursing Instructor for a Group of Students

question 8

Multiple Choice

You are the clinical nursing instructor for a group of students in their first clinical rotation. One of the students exhibit a higher than usual level of stress. To address this situation you

• A) insist that the student to focus on the patient's needs and desired outcomes of care
• B) encourage the student to reconceptualize the stress by identifying the source of her anxiety
• C) distract the student by quizzing her on the actions and side effects of the medications she is administering
• D) encourage the student to intellectualize the situation by reviewing the applicable physiological principles involved in the patient's condition
• E) remain with the student as she performs care activities

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Definitions:

Variability

The degree to which scores in a dataset differ from each other and from their average.

Reliability Coefficient

The reliability coefficient is a measure that assesses the consistency or stability of a test score or instrument over time.

Correlation

Correlation is a statistical measure that expresses the extent to which two variables change together. If the variables tend to increase and decrease in relation to each other, the correlation is positive; if one increases as the other decreases, it is negative.

Construct Validity

The degree to which a measurement device accurately measures the theoretical construct it is designed to measure.