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A patient has been in the intensive care unit for 10 days.He has just been moved to the medical-surgical unit,and the admitting nurse is planning to perform a mental status examination.During the tests of cognitive function,the nurse would expect that he:


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Generalized

Referring to something that is widespread, not specific, affecting all or most parts of something.

Sample

A subset of individuals or elements selected from a larger population, used to make inferences or observations about the population as a whole.

Correlational

Pertaining to a research method that examines the relationship between two or more variables to determine if they are associated.

Experimental Study Designs

Research methods that allow investigators to directly manipulate variables to investigate cause-and-effect relationships between variables.

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