A Patient with RA of the Hands and Wrists Is

question 11

Multiple Choice

A patient with RA of the hands and wrists is experiencing an acute flare of the disease.To protect the inflamed joints and minimize deforming forces on the hands and wrists, you should teach the patient to:

• A)Avoid all activities with the hands until there is no pain.
• B)Avoid strong gripping motions that require wrist extension, radial deviation of the wrist, and ulnar deviation of the fingers.
• C)Exercise the hands in functional ways such as wringing out a dishrag under warm water.
• D)Stretch the extrinsic finger tendons across all the joints simultaneously to gain mobility and counter contractures.

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Definitions:

Criminal Trial

A legal proceeding in which a person accused of a crime is tried in a court of law, where evidence is presented to determine guilt or innocence.

Null Hypothesis

A hypothesis that assumes no significant difference or effect, serving as the default assumption in hypothesis testing.

Type I Error

The mistake of rejecting a true null hypothesis, also known as a "false positive".

Type II Error

A statistical error that occurs when the null hypothesis is not rejected when it is false, also known as a "false negative" finding.