A Nurse Was Creating an Ecomap for a Family, Which

question 20

Multiple Choice

A nurse was creating an ecomap for a family, which consisted of a 3-year-old girl, an 8-year-old boy, and their mother. Which of the following questions would be useful for the nurse to ask?

• A) "Are you involved with any groups or resources in the community?"
• B) "Can you tell me about your extended family wherever they live?"
• C) "Have you thought about what would happen if you needed help?"
• D) "What were the causes of death for your older family members?"

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Definitions:

Matched Pairs

Matched pairs refer to a study design in statistics where pairs of subjects are matched in terms of key variables that are thought to affect the outcome of interest, and then compared on the outcome, often used to control for confounding variables.

Ordinal

A scale of measure that categorizes data while also ranking them in a meaningful order, but without indicating the exact differences between ranks.

Sign Test

A nonparametric statistical test used to determine if there are differences between two paired samples.

T-test

A statistical method used to determine if there is a significant difference between the means of two groups, which may be related in certain features.