The Emergency Room Nurses Are Noting an Unusually High Number

question 21

Multiple Choice

The emergency room nurses are noting an unusually high number of people coming into the department with complaints of nausea, vomiting and severe headache. What should be done with this information?

• A)Contact the Infection Control Department and Microbiology Department.
• B)Call for more staff to handle all of the people.
• C)Close the emergency room.
• D)Reassess the situation at the end of shift.

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Definitions:

Variance

A measure of the distribution of data points in a data set around the mean, indicating how spread out the data points are.

Z-score

A statistical measure representing the number of standard deviations a data point is from the mean of its data set, used in standardizing scores for comparison.

Probability Sampling

Sampling based on random selection of the sample units.

Convenience Sampling

Sampling based on convenience to the researcher.