The Nursing Instructor Is Teaching a Group of Student Nurses

question 18

Multiple Choice

The nursing instructor is teaching a group of student nurses about the use of antibiotics in a client diagnosed with appendicitis. Which statement made by the student nurse indicates effective learning?

• A) "Antibiotics should be administered before an operation and should be continued until 48 hours after the operation."
• B) "Antibiotics should not be administered before diagnosis, as they interfere with the diagnostic signs."
• C) "Antibiotics should be administered only after restoring the fluid and electrolyte balance."
• D) "Antibiotics should only be used when there is no need for surgical removal of the appendix."

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Definitions:

Precision

The degree to which repeated measurements under unchanged conditions show the same results.

Confidence Interval

A range of values, derived from sample statistics, that is likely to contain the value of an unknown population parameter, expressed with a certain level of confidence.

Confidence Level

The probability, expressed as a percentage, that a parameter lies within a specified range of values, indicating the reliability of an estimate.

Confidence Interval

A span of numbers that holds a certain likelihood of containing the actual value of the parameter.