How Should the Nurse Document an Exaggeration of the Posterior

question 37

Multiple Choice

How should the nurse document an exaggeration of the posterior curvature of the thoracic spine found during the assessment of a 90-year-old patient?

• A)Lordosis
• B)Osteoporosis
• C)Scoliosis
• D)Kyphosis

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Definitions:

Explanatory Variable

A type of independent variable that is manipulated or categorized to measure its effect on a dependent variable.

Response Variable

A variable that measures the outcome of a study, often used as the dependent variable whose changes are tested against independent variables.

Categorical Variables

Variables that can take on one of a limited and usually fixed number of possible values, representing qualitative data, such as gender or eye color.

Response Variables

Variables that measure the outcome or results of a study, often influenced by one or more factors or treatments.