In Which of the Following Ways Can a Nurse Prevent

question 8

Multiple Choice

In which of the following ways can a nurse prevent injury from a needlestick?

• A) Recap the needle before disposal.
• B) Remove the needle from the syringe.
• C) Immediately discard the needle and syringe in a puncture-proof container.
• D) Stick it into the patient's mattress until it can be disposed of.

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Definitions:

Do not Reject

A decision in hypothesis testing that indicates insufficient evidence to conclude the alternative hypothesis is true.

Standard Deviation

A measure of the amount of variation or dispersion of a set of values, indicating how much the values differ from the mean of the set.

Standard Deviation

A measure of the amount of variation or dispersion of a set of values, indicating how much the values deviate from the mean.

Standard Error

The standard deviation of the sampling distribution of a statistic, typically the mean, indicating the variability of an estimate.