Why Is It Important for Nurses to Not Only Assess

question 28

Multiple Choice

Why is it important for nurses to not only assess a patient clinically, but also need to assess a patient's personal background?

• A) Normally, a patient's clinical diagnosis is more urgent.
• B) Over time, a patient's home life tends to disintegrate.
• C) Often, a patient's clinical problems are caused by the patient's psychosocial situation.
• D) Situationally, it depends on the patient and what he or she is seeking clinical help for.

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Definitions:

Forecast Error

The difference between the actual value and its forecasted value in a time series analysis.

Sum of Squares

The total squared difference between each observation and the mean of the data set, used in statistical analysis to measure variation.

Mean Absolute Deviation

A measure of variability that shows the average distance between each data point and the mean of the dataset.

Assignable Variation

Variation in a process that can be traced to specific causes, as opposed to random variation.