A Client Diagnosed with Paranoid Schizophrenia Has a History of Aggravated

question 11

Multiple Choice

A client diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia has a history of aggravated assault. A nurse assigns "Risk for other-directed violence" as the client's priority nursing diagnosis. Based on this diagnosis, which would be an appropriate outcome for this client?

• A)The client will not verbalize anger or hit anyone.
• B)The client will verbalize anger rather than hit others.
• C)The client will not inflict harm on others during this shift.
• D)The client will be restrained if verbal or physical abuse is observed during this shift.

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Definitions:

Chi-square

A statistical test used to compare observed frequencies with expected frequencies for categorical variables to assess the likelihood of an association.

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A branch of statistics that assumes data comes from a type of distribution and makes inferences about the parameters of the distribution.

Sample Size

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