Which Finding Is Considered Normal and Expected When the Nurse

question 4

Multiple Choice

Which finding is considered normal and expected when the nurse is performing a physical examination on a pregnant woman?

• A)Palpable, full thyroid
• B)Edema in one lower leg
• C)Significant diffuse enlargement of the thyroid
• D)Pale mucous membranes of the mouth

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Definitions:

Standard Deviation

A measure of the dispersion or variability of a dataset, representing the average distance between each data point and the mean.

Sample Mean

The average of all the data points in a sample taken from a population.

Probability Sampling

A sampling method in which every member of the population has a known, non-zero chance of being selected, ensuring representativeness and allowing for the calculation of sampling error.

Systematic Sampling

A probability sampling method in which we randomly select one of the first k elements and then select every kth element thereafter.