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The nurse is caring for a patient who has just had a thoracentesis. Which assessment information obtained by the nurse is a priority to communicate to the health care provider?


Definitions:

Population Proportion

The ratio of members in a population that have a particular attribute, often estimated from sample data.

Chi-squared Test

A statistical test used to determine if there is a significant difference between observed frequencies and expected frequencies in categorical datasets.

Chi-squared Distribution

A statistical distribution that is used primarily in hypothesis testing and is derived from the sum of squared standard normal deviates.

Proportion

A statistical measure that indicates the fraction of the total number of items in a certain category or characteristic.

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