An Older Patient Has Developed Age Spots and Is Concerned

question 9

Multiple Choice

An older patient has developed age spots and is concerned about skin cancer. How would the nurse instruct the patient to perform skin checks to assess for signs of skin cancer?

• A) "Limit the time you spend in the sun."
• B) "Monitor for signs of infection."
• C) "Monitor spots for color change."
• D) "Use skin creams to prevent drying."

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Definitions:

Conditional Probabilities

are the probabilities of an event occurring given that another event has already occurred.

Type Errors

Errors made in hypothesis testing where Type I error is rejecting a true null hypothesis, and Type II error is failing to reject a false null hypothesis.

Type I Error

The statistical error that occurs when the null hypothesis is incorrectly rejected when it is actually true.

Type II Error

The error of failing to reject a false null hypothesis, also known as a false negative error.