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A patient is having diagnostic testing done after experiencing new-onset abdominal pain. Laboratory results reveal that the serum creatinine is elevated. The nurse would look for additional assessment findings of which disorder?
Standardized Testing
A form of testing that requires all test takers to answer the same questions, or a selection of questions from a common bank of questions, in the same way, to enable a consistent measurement of their abilities or performance.
Cognitive Ability
The capacity to perform mental processes related to learning, thinking, reasoning, problem-solving, and memory.
Cultural Bias
The phenomenon of interpreting and judging phenomena by standards inherent to one's own culture, leading to a skewed understanding or assessment.
Tracking
Grouping, or stratifying, students in school on the basis of ability test scores.
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