The Nurse Is Caring for a Patient with Hyperactive Delirium

question 6

Multiple Choice

The nurse is caring for a patient with hyperactive delirium.The nurse focuses interventions toward keeping the patient:

• A) comfortable.
• B) nourished.
• C) safe.
• D) sedated.

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Definitions:

Mode

The value that appears most frequently in a data set, a measure of central tendency.

Proportion of Weights

The ratio of an individual weight to the total weight of all items combined, often used in statistical calculations to determine relative importance.

Tchebysheff's Theorem

A statistical rule stating that for any set of data, no matter the distribution, a certain proportion of values will fall within a specified number of standard deviations from the mean.

Empirical Rule

A statistical rule stating that for a normal distribution, nearly all of the data will fall within three standard deviations of the mean.