Which Assessment Finding in a Child with Meningitis Should Be

question 23

Multiple Choice

Which assessment finding in a child with meningitis should be reported immediately?

• A) Irregular respirations
• B) Tachycardia
• C) Slight drop in blood pressure
• D) Elevated temperature

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Definitions:

Population Standard Deviation

A measure of the dispersion or spread of a set of data points in a population dataset.

Confidence Interval

A range of values, derived from sample data, that is likely to contain the value of an unknown population parameter with a certain level of confidence.

Population Mean

The average of all observations or scores in a population.

Confidence Level

The probability that a confidence interval will contain the true population parameter.