If You Are Just Beginning Your Career as a Pediatric

question 6

Multiple Choice

If you are just beginning your career as a pediatric nurse, what is the best action to take to help confirm any suspicions or concerns you may have regarding a child potentially being abused?

• A) Question the child regarding the cause of the injury
• B) Question the parents regarding the cause of the injury
• C) Obtain the opinion of an experienced pediatric nurse regarding the situation
• D) Tap into your knowledge, training, and best clinical judgment and act accordingly

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Definitions:

Laboratory Experiment

A research method in which variables can be controlled and manipulated in a highly regulated environment to observe the effects on other variables.

Psychological Experiment

An investigation in which a researcher manipulates one or more variables to observe the effect on some behavior or mental process.

Negative Correlation

A relationship between two variables in which one variable increases as the other decreases, indicating an inverse association.

Correlation Coefficients

Statistical measures that describe the extent to which two variables change together, indicating the strength and direction of a linear relationship between them.