The Family of a Patient with a SCI Is Concerned

question 10

Multiple Choice

The family of a patient with a SCI is concerned with the lack of bowel function 2 days after the injury.The nurse's best response would be:

• A) "Due to his injury, he will always need to have enemas for bowel evacuation."
• B) "Medical management is delaying bowel action, because it places pressure on the injury."
• C) "Bowel function should return in approximately 3 days after the accident."
• D) "We'll just have to wait and see if bowel action returns this week."

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Definitions:

Demographic Variable

Characteristics of populations, like age, gender, income, and education, which are used in segmenting markets.

Family Size

A demographic term referring to the number of individuals living in a single household, categorized by nuclear, extended, or other variations.

Behavioral Segmentation

The division of a market into groups based on consumer behaviors and patterns relating to the use of a product or service.

Psychographic Segmentation

This is a market segmentation strategy that divides consumers based on their personality traits, values, attitudes, interests, or lifestyles.