In Some Cases, a Patient Is Ready to Be Discharged

question 12

Multiple Choice

In some cases, a patient is ready to be discharged from the hospital, but at the last minute, the patient develops a condition that requires him or her to stay an additional night. An example of when a patient might have to stay an additional night is when the patient ____.

• A)is feeling better
• B)has no pain
• C)has no additional cough
• D)develops a fever

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Definitions:

Control

The power to influence or direct people's behavior or the course of events or an experiment's variable that is kept constant to test the relative impact of an independent variable.

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