The Nurse Is Assessing a "Kick Count" for a Patient

question 36

Multiple Choice

The nurse is assessing a "kick count" for a patient with gestational hypertension.What result should be a cause for concern?

• A)Less than three kicks per hour
• B)Less than five kicks per hour
• C)Less than seven kicks per hour
• D)Less than nine kicks per hour

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Definitions:

Control Groups

Experimental groups not exposed to any experimental variable.

Experimental Variable(s)

Factors in an experiment that are manipulated or changed by the researcher to investigate their effect on the dependent variable.

Maturation

In experimental design, the problem of individuals changing over time, most obviously by getting older.

Experimental Research

A scientific approach that manipulates one variable to observe its effect on another, within a controlled environment, to establish cause-and-effect relationships.