A Clinic Does Not Have the Capacity to Get Quick

question 14

Multiple Choice

A clinic does not have the capacity to get quick results of joint fluid testing for urate crystals.To support the diagnosis of gout,the nurse would review a client's case for which assessment findings?

• A)The client reports that the joint was "normal" yesterday.
• B)The inflamed joint is red.
• C)The client's BUN is elevated.
• D)X-rays confirm the joint swelling is not symmetrical.
• E)Redness and swelling are present in multiple joints.

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Definitions:

Underlying Continuum

An uninterrupted sequence or range in which items change gradually from one condition, form, or level to another, and are not perceived as discrete steps.

Nominal Level

The most basic level of measurement that categorizes data without implying any quantitative order or degree of difference between the categories.

Median

The middle value in a data set, separating the higher half from the lower half, providing a measure of central tendency that is not influenced by extreme values.

Central Tendency

A statistical measure that identifies a single value as representative of an entire distribution of data, such as the mean, median, or mode.