An RN Is Part of a Team That Has Traveled

question 24

Multiple Choice

An RN is part of a team that has traveled to sub-Saharan Africa to volunteer in a medical clinic. The clinic is in an underdeveloped rural area. A 5-year-old boy is brought into the clinic with a high fever, sore throat, body aches, and weakness. Through the translator, the nurse finds out that the boy has been sick for about a week. He is noted to be barefoot and his mother reports he plays in area ponds to stay cool.
-How is the poliovirus transmitted?  

• A)Fecal-oral
• B)Arthropod
• C)Respiratory droplets
• D)Undercooked food

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Definitions:

P-Value

It calculates the probability that the observed differences between groups in a study could have happened by chance, used in hypothesis testing.

Right Tailed

A term used in hypothesis testing to describe a test where the critical area, or the area of interest, is located in the right tail of the probability distribution.

Test-Statistic

A value computed from sample data as part of a statistical test, used to determine the significance of the observed data relative to a null hypothesis.

Diastolic Blood Pressure

The pressure in the arteries when the heart rests between beats, noted as the lower value in blood pressure readings.