The Nurse Wants to Assess a Client for Orthostatic Hypotension

question 5

Multiple Choice

The nurse wants to assess a client for orthostatic hypotension.What action should the nurse take?

• A)Assess the client for dependent edema and then raise the legs to the level of the heart and reassess for edema.
• B)Measure the client's heart rate and blood pressure in both the sitting and standing position.
• C)Measure the client's blood pressure before,during,and after administration of a normal saline fluid challenge.
• D)Raise the client's legs above heart level and measure the blood pressure.

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Standard Deviation

A measure of the amount of variation or dispersion of a set of values, indicating how much the values differ from the mean of the set.

Standard Deviation

A measure of the amount of variation or dispersion of a set of values, indicating how much the values deviate from the mean.

Standard Error

The standard deviation of the sampling distribution of a statistic, typically the mean, indicating the variability of an estimate.

Mean

The mean is the average of a set of numbers, calculated by adding them all together and then dividing by the count of those numbers.