Which Additional Information Will the Nurse Need to Consider When

question 18

Multiple Choice

Which additional information will the nurse need to consider when reviewing the laboratory results for a patient's total calcium level?

• A)The blood glucose
• B)The serum albumin
• C)The phosphate level
• D)The magnesium level

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Definitions:

Durbin-Watson Test

A statistical method designed to identify the existence of autocorrelation with a single lag in the residuals resulting from a regression study.

Positive Autocorrelation

A statistical property of a series indicating that values close together in time are positively correlated and tend to move in the same direction.

Durbin-Watson Statistic

A statistical measure employed to identify autocorrelation within the residuals of a regression analysis.

Independence of Errors

An assumption in statistical models indicating that the error terms are not correlated with each other.