A Patient Admitted with Multiple Injuries Is Prescribed an Intravenous

question 30

Multiple Choice

A patient admitted with multiple injuries is prescribed an intravenous colloid solution. Which solution would be appropriate for the nurse to infuse?

• A) 25% albumin
• B) 0.9% normal saline
• C) dextrose 5% and 0.45 % normal saline
• D) dextrose 5% and water

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Definitions:

Type II Error

The error that occurs when a statistical test fails to reject a false null hypothesis, incorrectly concluding that there is no effect or difference when there is.

Null Hypothesis

A default position that there is no association between two measured phenomena or no difference among groups being compared.

Two-Tailed Test

A statistical hypothesis test in which the critical area for a distribution is two-sided and tests whether a sample is greater than or less than a certain range of values.

Sample Proportions

The fraction of items in a sample that are of a particular type.