When Dealing with a Preschool-Age Child with a Life-Threatening Illness

question 4

Multiple Choice

When dealing with a preschool-age child with a life-threatening illness, the nurse should remember that at this age the child's concept of death includes:

• A) That it is final
• B) Only a fear of separation from her parents
• C) That a person becomes alive again soon after death
• D) An understanding based on simple logic

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Definitions:

Nonparametric Tests

Statistical tests that do not assume a specific distribution for the data, making them suitable for analyzing ordinal data or when the assumptions for parametric tests are not met.

Nonparametric Statistical Methods

Statistical methods that do not assume a specific distribution for the data, often used when data doesn't meet the assumptions required for parametric tests.

Parametric Test

A statistical test that makes assumptions about the parameters of the population distribution from which the sample was drawn.

Wilcoxon Rank Sum Test

A non-parametric statistical test used to compare two independent samples to assess whether their population mean ranks differ.