When Unsure About How to Address Older Clients with Advanced

question 13

Multiple Choice

When unsure about how to address older clients with advanced stage Alzheimer's disease, the nurse recognizes that it is best to address them by:

• A)a pet name, such as "grandma" or "grandpa" because the clients are not likely to respond to their given names.
• B)their first name in order to foster a friendly, relaxed atmosphere.
• C)their full name to show respect for the clients as individuals.
• D)a childhood nickname because long-term memory will likely still be intact.

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Definitions:

F Statistic

A value calculated in ANOVA tests that compares the variability between group means over the variability within groups, used to determine statistical significance.

Simple Linear Regression

An analytical technique that represents the association between two variables by applying a linear formula to collected data.

Hypotheses

Hypotheses are proposed explanations for a phenomenon, set forth as the basis for scientific experiments to validate or invalidate.

T Statistic

A type of statistic that is calculated to compare the mean of a sample to a population mean in a t-test, taking into account the sample size and variability.