A Client Has Died from Very Disfiguring Injuries Received in an Automobile

question 12

Multiple Choice

A client has died from very disfiguring injuries received in an automobile accident. When the family arrives moments later, the nurse relays the news to the family and then should (Select all that apply)

• A) allow the family to be alone to grieve.
• B) give information related to the extent of the fatal injuries.
• C) help the family to focus on decisions requiring immediate attention.
• D) tell the family that it is best not to view the body.

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Definitions:

Chi-square Distribution

A probability distribution that describes the distribution of the sum of the squares of k independent standard normal random variables.

Positive Values

Numbers greater than zero.

Degree of Freedom

The number of independent ways by which a dynamic system can move without violating any constraint applied on it, often used in statistics to determine the number of values in the final calculation of a statistic that are free to vary.

Chi-square Distribution

Chi-square distribution is a distribution of the sum of squared independent random variables, used primarily in hypothesis testing for categorical data.