The Guideline Used to Provide Criteria for Diagnosing Specific Types

question 49

Multiple Choice

The guideline used to provide criteria for diagnosing specific types of malnutrition, including kwashiorkor, marasmus, and other severe PEM (protein-energy malnutrition) is called the:

• A) ​Health and Wellness Nutrition Handbook.
• B) ​Nutrition and Diagnostic Manual of Illness.
• C) ​Dietary Reference for Disease Diagnosis.
• D) ​Harris-Benedict Manual.
• E) ​International Classification of Diseases.

Identify the correct procedures for collecting specimens and performing interventions on patients with ostomies.

Understand the impact of ostomy location on the consistency of effluent.

Recognize the importance of skin care and prevention of skin complications around the stoma site.

Discuss the strategies for managing multiple stomas in special populations, such as infants.

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Definitions:

One-Sample Test

A statistical test used to determine whether a sample mean significantly differs from a known or hypothesized population mean.

Hypothesized Proportion Value

A specified value of a population proportion in hypothesis testing that serves as the basis for comparing with the proportion observed in the sample data.

Proportion

A part, share, or number considered in comparative relation to a whole; a fraction or percentage of a total.

Z-Test

A statistical test used to determine whether two population means are different when the variances are known and the sample size is large.