While Assessing the Responses of a Client Using the Glasgow

question 11

Short Answer

While assessing the responses of a client using the Glasgow Coma Scale, the nurse finds that the client opens his/her eyes spontaneously, verbalizes inappropriate but comprehensible words, and withdraws from a painful stimulus. What total possible points does the nurse document in the client's assessment record based on these findings? Record your answer as a whole number. ____________________

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Definitions:

Proportion

A statistical measure that reflects the fraction of the total number of occurrences for a specific outcome.

Hypotheses

Formally proposed explanations for a phenomenon, which are typically tested through research and experiments to be supported or refuted.

Z Statistic

The Z statistic, or Z-score, is used in hypothesis testing, measuring the number of standard deviations a datapoint is from the population mean.

P-value

A measure in statistical hypothesis testing representing the probability of obtaining a result at least as extreme as the one observed, under the assumption that the null hypothesis is true.