A Nurse Needed to Do a Quick Assessment of a Client's

question 19

Multiple Choice

A nurse needed to do a quick assessment of a client's lifestyle behaviors to counsel appropriately. Which of the following strategies would be the easiest way to determine the elderly woman's nutritional status?

• A) Ask the woman to keep a food diary for 2 weeks and bring it to the clinic
• B) Have the clinic dietitian interview the woman about her eating habits
• C) Quiz the woman verbally as to her usual meals during the day
• D) Use the DETERMINE mnemonic

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Definitions:

Groups

Collections of individuals or items categorized together based on shared characteristics or purposes.

Expected Frequencies

Expected frequencies refer to the counts of observations that one expects in each category of a statistical distribution based on a hypothesis or model.

Null Hypothesis

A statistical hypothesis that assumes no significant difference or effect exists in the population from which a sample is drawn.

Number of Groups

Refers to the count of distinct categories or clusters into which data points or subjects are classified.