The Nurse Caring for a Client Taking Thiazide Diuretics Should

question 13

Multiple Choice

The nurse caring for a client taking thiazide diuretics should be sure to observe for

• A) decreased urine output.
• B) increased peristalsis.
• C) neurologic depression.
• D) neuromuscular irritability.

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Definitions:

Standard Deviation

An indicator of the degree of spread or variability among a collection of figures, showing how far the values diverge from the average.

Normal Approximation

A method used in statistics to estimate the distribution of various sample statistics using the normal distribution, particularly when the sample size is large.

Defective Items

Products or goods that fail to meet quality standards.

Sampling Distribution

The chance distribution of a chosen statistic, produced from a sample taken at random.