When Performing a Respiratory Assessment on a Patient,the Nurse Notices

question 10

Multiple Choice

When performing a respiratory assessment on a patient,the nurse notices a costal angle of approximately 90 degrees.This characteristic is:

• A)Observed in patients with kyphosis.
• B)Indicative of pectus excavatum.
• C)A normal finding in a healthy adult.
• D)An expected finding in a patient with a barrel chest.

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Definitions:

Dependent-Samples T-Test

A statistical test used to compare the means of two related groups, indicating if any difference between them is statistically significant.

Confidence Interval

The best estimate of the range of a population value given the sample value.

Wider Range

Describes a greater span or extent between the lowest and highest values in a data set, indicating more variability.

Critical Value

A threshold in hypothesis testing that defines the boundary for rejecting the null hypothesis; values beyond it are considered statistically significant.