A 6-Year-Old Child Is Admitted After Being in a Fire

question 15

Multiple Choice

A 6-year-old child is admitted after being in a fire at school.The physician plans to perform a bronchoscopy to assess for airway damage.Which nursing action is the priority for this child?

• A) Document any teaching done in the child's chart.
• B) Let the child perform the procedure on a doll.
• C) Obtain written consent from the parent/guardian.
• D) Tell the child he or she won't remember the procedure.

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Definitions:

Probability Distribution

An analytical function that maps out every conceivable value and its associated likelihood for a random variable within a defined boundary.

Given Population

This term pertains to a specific group of individuals, items, or data points that are the focus of a statistical analysis.

Inferential Statistics

The branch of statistics focused on making predictions or inferences about a population based on a sample of data drawn from that population.

Standard Error

A measure that describes the dispersion or variance of sampling distribution of a statistic, most commonly the mean, indicating the precision of an estimate.