The Nurse Is Reviewing Laboratory Results and Notes a Patient's

question 4

Multiple Choice

The nurse is reviewing laboratory results and notes a patient's activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT) level of 28 seconds. The nurse should notify the health care provider in anticipation of adjusting which medication?

• A)Aspirin
• B)Heparin
• C)Warfarin
• D)Erythropoietin

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Definitions:

Margin of Error

The amount of error allowed in the results of a poll or survey, reflecting the confidence in the results.

Observations

Data collected during an experiment or research which are analyzed to gain insights and draw conclusions.

Confidence Intervals

A gamut of values, developed from the statistics of a sampling, with a high chance of containing the value of an unknown population parameter.

Interval Center

Refers to the midpoint of an interval, representing the average of its upper and lower bounds.