The Nurse Is Doing a Routine Assessment on a 14-Month-Old

question 12

Multiple Choice

The nurse is doing a routine assessment on a 14-month-old infant and notes that the anterior fontanel is closed. This should be interpreted as:

• A)A normal finding.
• B)A questionable finding-infant should be rechecked in 1 month.
• C)An abnormal finding-indicates need for immediate referral to practitioner.
• D)An abnormal finding-indicates need for developmental assessment.

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Definitions:

Confidence Estimate

An interval estimate that is used to express the degree of uncertainty associated with a sample statistic.

Sample Mean

The average value calculated from a sample set of numbers, representing the central point of the data.

Standard Deviation

Standard deviation is a measure of the dispersion or variability in a set of data, quantifying how much individual data points deviate from the mean of the dataset.

T-Score

A standardized score that describes how far an individual's score lies from the mean of a distribution, measured in standard deviation units.