The Patient Is Receiving a Soapsuds Enema but Is Having

question 6

Multiple Choice

The patient is receiving a soapsuds enema but is having a difficult time retaining the fluid.What action should the nurse take? (Select all that apply. )

• A)Give the enema slowly.
• B)Place the patient in the dorsal recumbent position on a bedpan.
• C)Give the enema with the patient on the toilet.
• D)Give the enema in the right lateral position.
• E)Give the enema faster.

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Definitions:

Confidence Interval

A swath of numerical values, from statistics of a sample, aimed at covering the unascertained value of a population parameter.

Margin of Error

The half-width of a confidence interval, representing the maximum expected difference between the true population parameter and a sample estimate of that parameter.

Population Standard Deviation

A measure of the dispersion or spread of a set of data values in a population, indicating how much individuals within this population vary from the population mean.

Interval Estimate

An estimate of a population parameter that provides a range of values believed to contain the parameter with a certain degree of confidence.