What Should the Nurse Keep in Mind When Planning to Communicate

question 11

Multiple Choice

What should the nurse keep in mind when planning to communicate with a child who is diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) ?

• A) The child has normal verbal communication.
• B) The child is expected to use sign language.
• C) The child may exhibit monotone speech and echolalia.
• D) The child is not listening if he/she is not looking at the nurse.

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Definitions:

Multiple Regression

A mathematical method that depicts how a dependent variable is connected to two or more independent variables.

Variance Inflation Factor

A measure that quantifies the extent of multicollinearity in regression models, indicating how much the variance of an estimated regression coefficient is increased.

R Square

A statistical measure of how close the data are to the fitted regression line, reflecting the proportion of the variance in the dependent variable that is predictable from the independent variable(s).

Standard Error

A statistical concept that assesses how accurately a sample distribution reflects a population, utilizing standard deviation for this purpose.