A Nursing Instructor Evaluates a Student Nurse's Application of Theory

question 16

Multiple Choice

A nursing instructor evaluates a student nurse's application of theory regarding continuous tube feedings. The nursing instructor recognizes that further teaching is warranted when the student nurse

• A) Instructs the patient to maintain a supine position.
• B) Ensures that the head of the patient's bed is continually raised 30 degrees or more.
• C) Interrupts the feeding every 4 hours to check placement.
• D) Interrupts the feeding every 4 hours to check residual volume.

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Definitions:

Normal Distribution

A bell-shaped curve that represents the distribution of many types of data, where most observations cluster around the central peak.

Degrees of Freedom

The number of independent values or quantities which can be assigned to a statistical distribution or to a system.

Interval Estimation

A range of values used to estimate a population parameter, typically expressed as a confidence interval.

Margin of Error

The range within which the true population parameter is expected to lie, with a certain level of confidence.