The Nurse Is Teaching the Children of a Client Who

question 4

Multiple Choice

The nurse is teaching the children of a client who is being evaluated for Alzheimer's disease (AD) about the disorder. Which of the following information should the nurse include?

• A)The most important risk factor for AD is a family history of the disorder.
• B)New drugs have been shown to reverse AD dramatically in some clients.
• C)A diagnosis of AD can be made only when other causes of dementia have been ruled out.
• D)The presence of brain atrophy detected by MRI confirms the diagnosis of AD in clients with dementia.

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Definitions:

Null Hypothesis

A statement in statistics that there is no effect or no difference, serving as the starting point for hypothesis testing.

One-Tailed Hypothesis

A directional hypothesis that specifies an expected direction of the effect or relationship between variables.

Correlation

A statistical measure that indicates the extent to which two or more variables fluctuate together, showing the strength and direction of their relationship.

Significant Correlation

A relationship between variables that is strong enough to not be attributed to chance, according to statistical tests.