A Hospitalized 31-Year-Old Patient with a History of Cluster Headache

question 8

Multiple Choice

A hospitalized 31-year-old patient with a history of cluster headache awakens during the night with a severe stabbing headache.Which action should the nurse take first?

• A) Start the ordered PRN oxygen at 6 L/min.
• B) Put a moist hot pack on the patient's neck.
• C) Give the ordered PRN acetaminophen (Tylenol).
• D) Notify the patient's health care provider immediately.

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Definitions:

Degrees of Freedom

A concept in statistics that refers to the number of values in a calculation that are free to vary without violating the constraints of the calculation.

Levels Minus One

In analysis of variance (ANOVA), it refers to the number of levels in a factor minus one, which dictates the number of comparisons that can be made.

Interaction Effect

Occurs in an analysis when the effect of one independent variable on a dependent variable differs across levels of another independent variable.

Mean Square

The average of the squares of the deviations or differences from the mean, often used in variance and regression analysis.