A Client and His Family Are Waiting for the Results

question 22

Multiple Choice

A client and his family are waiting for the results of clinical tests to determine whether the client has an infection.They are becoming anxious.What is the most important assessment that the nurse should make of the client and family members?

• A) Understanding of insurance reimbursement for testing
• B) Use of appropriate coping mechanisms for anxiety
• C) Understanding of the infectious disease process
• D) Understanding of the diagnostic procedures

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Definitions:

Mutually Exclusive

Events or propositions that cannot both be true or occur at the same time, implying the occurrence of one event excludes the occurrence of the other.

P(A)

The probability of event A occurring.

P(B)

The probability of event B occurring.

Relative Frequency Approach

A method of probability assessment that involves observing the outcomes of a random experiment to estimate the probability of each outcome by dividing the number of times a specific outcome occurs by the total number of trials.