The Nurse Explains to an Older Client That the Assessment

question 10

Multiple Choice

The nurse explains to an older client that the assessment of her thyroid health will require both a physical examination as well as laboratory test because:

• A)thyroid studies are less accurate in older adults.
• B)symptoms are similar to those caused by various infections.
• C)it can be present without producing overt symptoms.
• D)T3 levels are normally increased in aging.

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Definitions:

Null Hypothesis

In statistics, it's the hypothesis that there is no effect or no difference, and it is tested against an alternative hypothesis.

Mean Difference

The average difference between two sets of numbers or measurements, often used to compare the means from two samples.

T-distribution

A type of probability distribution that is symmetric and bell-shaped, but with heavier tails, used especially in scenarios with smaller sample sizes.

Degrees of Freedom

The number of independent pieces of information available to estimate another piece of information or parameters in a dataset.