Which of These Findings,if Identified in a Plan of Care,should

question 16

Multiple Choice

Which of these findings,if identified in a plan of care,should the registered nurse revise because it is not characteristic of critical thinking and the nursing process?

• A) Patient's reactions to diagnostic testing
• B) Nurse's assumptions about hospital discharge
• C) Identification of five different nursing diagnoses
• D) Documentation of patient's ability to cope with loss

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Definitions:

Sign Test

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Test Statistic

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One-sample T Test

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