During an Examination of a Patient in Her Third Trimester

question 36

Multiple Choice

During an examination of a patient in her third trimester of pregnancy,the nurse notices that the patient's thyroid gland is slightly enlarged.No enlargement had been previously noticed.The nurse suspects that the patient:

• A)Has an iodine deficiency.
• B)Is exhibiting early signs of goiter.
• C)Is exhibiting a normal enlargement of the thyroid gland during pregnancy.
• D)Needs further testing for possible thyroid cancer.

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Definitions:

Hypotheses

Testable statements or predictions, often derived from a theoretical framework, that can be tested through empirical research.

Sample Mean

The average of a subset of a larger population, used to estimate the population mean.

Sample Data

Data collected or selected from a larger population, used in statistical analysis to make inferences about the population.

Variance

A statistical measurement of the spread between numbers in a dataset, indicating how much they differ from the mean of the set.