Patients on Your Unit Complete a Functional Mobility Test

question 19

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 2.3 (p=0.54) . You know this means the time it took your patient to walk 20 feet unassisted was:

• A) Significantly faster than the average patient on the unit
• B) Significantly slower than the average patient on the unit
• C) 2.3 times faster than the slowest patient on the unit
• D) Is not significantly different from the mean time

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