The Nurse Is Preparing to Perform a Physical Assessment on a 10-Year-Old

question 6

Multiple Choice

The nurse is preparing to perform a physical assessment on a 10-year-old girl.The nurse gives her the option of her mother staying in the room or leaving.This action should be considered which?

• A) Appropriate because of child's age
• B) Appropriate, but the mother may be uncomfortable
• C) Inappropriate because of child's age
• D) Inappropriate because child is same sex as mother

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Definitions:

Linearity

The attribute of a relationship or function that can be graphically represented as a straight line, indicating a constant rate of change.

P-Value

The probability of obtaining test results at least as extreme as the results actually observed, under the assumption that the null hypothesis is correct.

Slope Coefficient

A measure in statistics that represents the rate of change in the dependent variable per unit change in an independent variable in a linear model.

Significance F

A test statistic used in the analysis of variance (ANOVA) to determine if the means of several groups are all equal or if at least one is significantly different.