Nurses Recognize Which of the Following About Health

question 5

Multiple Choice

Nurses recognize which of the following about health?

• A) Individuals desiring to change their behaviors are already motivated to change.
• B) The burden of change is borne by the individual.
• C) Health is relative and ever changing.
• D) Multiple interventions are necessary to change health behaviors.
• E) Unhealthy behaviors may persist in spite of increased knowledge.

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Definitions:

Population Mean

The average value of a set of characteristics for an entire population.

Alpha

A threshold value in hypothesis testing that determines the level of significance, usually set to 0.05 or 0.01.

Type I Error

An error in hypothesis testing that occurs when the null hypothesis is wrongly rejected, falsely indicating a significant result.

Two-tailed Hypothesis

A hypothesis test that considers both directions of an effect, allowing for the possibility of difference in either direction from the null hypothesis.