A Patient with a Spinal Cord Injury Is Recovering from Spinal

question 32

Multiple Choice

A patient with a spinal cord injury is recovering from spinal shock. The nurse realizes that the patient should not develop a full bladder because what emergency condition can occur if it is not corrected quickly?

• A) autonomic dysreflexia
• B) autonomic crisis
• C) autonomic shutdown
• D) autonomic failure

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Definitions:

Joint Probability Distribution

A statistical measure that gives the probability of two events occurring together and at the same point in time.

Discrete Random Variables

Variables that assume a finite or countably infinite set of values, each with a certain probability.

P(X = x, Y = y)

The joint probability of two discrete random variables X and Y taking on specific values x and y, respectively.

Uniform Distribution

A type of probability distribution where all outcomes are equally likely to occur within a defined range.