What Pain Management Approach Is Most Effective for a Child

question 34

Multiple Choice

What pain management approach is most effective for a child who is having a bone marrow test?

• A) Relaxation techniques
• B) Administration of an opioid
• C) EMLA cream applied over site
• D) Conscious or unconscious sedation

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Definitions:

Percentile Points

Points or values below which a certain percentage of observations in a dataset fall, used to measure the relative standing of a value within a dataset.

F Distribution

A probability distribution that arises in the analysis of variance and is used in hypothesis testing and confidence interval estimation for two sample variances.

F Distribution

A probability distribution used in analysis of variance (ANOVA), among other tests, describing the ratio of variances from two normally distributed populations.

Symmetrical

A characteristic of shapes, graphs, or distributions in which the two halves mirror each other when divided by a central line or point.