A Patient Being Admitted to the Hospital for a Laparoscopic

question 15

Multiple Choice

A patient being admitted to the hospital for a laparoscopic procedure tells the nurse about a history of glaucoma and the need to continue using prescribed eyedrops while hospitalized. For this patient, the nurse should question the preoperative order of

• A) atropine sulfate 0.4 mg administered intramuscularly on call to the operating room (OR).
• B) morphine sulfate 10 mg intramuscularly on call to the OR.
• C) betaxolol (Betoptic) 1 drop to each eye.
• D) diazepam (Valium) 5 mg taken orally with sip of water.

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Definitions:

Population Variances

A measure of the spread of a population's values.

Sample Sizes

The number of observations or elements chosen from a population to be included in a sample, affecting the accuracy and reliability of statistical analysis.

F-test

A statistical test used to compare two populations' variances to ascertain if they come from distributions with equal variances.

Equal Variances

A condition in which two or more data sets have the same variance, indicating a similar degree of data spread around the mean.