A Nurse Explains to a Patient That It Is Important

question 11

Multiple Choice

A nurse explains to a patient that it is important to slowly change positions to diminish or eliminate the symptoms of

• A) Essential hypertension.
• B) Pulse pressure.
• C) Postural hypotension.
• D) Pre-hypertension.

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Definitions:

Null Hypothesis

A statement used in statistics that proposes there is no effect or no difference, and it is the hypothesis that researchers aim to test against.

Probability

A measure of the likelihood that an event will occur, quantified as a number between 0 and 1.

Null Hypothesis

An assumption in hypothesis testing that there is no significant difference or effect.

.05

Often signifies the alpha level used in hypothesis testing that represents a 5% risk of concluding that a difference exists when there is no actual difference.