Patients on Your Unit Complete a Functional Mobility Test

question 10

Multiple Choice

Patients on your unit complete a functional mobility test. The test determines how many seconds it takes to walk 20 feet unassisted. Your patient's speed is reported as a Z score of -0.09. You would expect your patient to walk 20 feet unassisted:

• A) Faster than the average patient on the unit
• B) Slower than the average patient on the unit
• C) 2.3 times faster than the slowest patient on the unit
• D) Unable to determine

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