Which Assessment Finding Would Require an Immediate Nursing Action When

question 16

Multiple Choice

Which assessment finding would require an immediate nursing action when providing care to an adolescent who is postoperative for spinal fusion surgery?

• A) Sleeps when not bothered but arouses easily with stimuli
• B) Impaired color, sensitivity, and movement to lower extremities
• C) Nausea relieved by antiemetics
• D) Pain relieved by analgesics

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Definitions:

Null Hypothesis

A hypothesis in statistical inference and hypothesis testing that suggests no significant effect or relationship exists in the data.

Critical Value

A threshold value in hypothesis testing, beyond which we reject the null hypothesis in favor of the alternative hypothesis.

P-Value

A measure in statistical hypothesis testing that helps in determining the significance of the results.

Null Hypothesis

The hypothesis that there is no effect or no difference, serving as the default assumption in hypothesis testing.