All of the Following Are Appropriate Situations for the Use

question 34

Multiple Choice

All of the following are appropriate situations for the use of sigh or deep breaths except which?

• A) During chest physiotherapy
• B) During an extubation procedure
• C) During continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) with spontaneous breathing
• D) Before and after endotracheal tube suctioning

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Definitions:

MMPI-II

The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2, a comprehensive psychological questionnaire designed to assess a variety of psychological conditions and personality attributes.

Scale Purity

Scale purity is a concept in psychometrics referring to the degree to which items on a test measure a single, coherent construct or dimension, contributing to the test's validity.

Discriminant Validity

The degree to which a measure is not correlated with other variables from which it is theoretically supposed to differ.

BDI-II

The Beck Depression Inventory-II, a widely used 21-item self-report inventory measuring the severity of depression.