What Is the Best Response for the Nurse to Give

question 16

Multiple Choice

What is the best response for the nurse to give a parent about contacting the physician regarding an infant with diarrhea?

• A) "Call your pediatrician if the infant has not had a wet diaper for 6 hours."
• B) "The pediatrician should be contacted if the infant has two loose stools in an 8-hour period."
• C) "Call the doctor immediately if the infant has a temperature greater than 100° F."
• D) "Notify the pediatrician if the infant naps more than 2 hours."

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Definitions:

Degrees Of Freedom

The number of independent pieces of information in a dataset available for estimating parameters or calculating a statistic, usually defined as the number of observations minus the number of parameters being estimated.

Independent Populations

Populations that have no interaction with each other, implying that the sample from one population is not influenced by the other.

Equal Variances

A condition in statistical analysis where the variances across different groups are assumed to be the same.

Degrees Of Freedom

A statistical concept representing the number of independent values or quantities that can vary in the calculation of a statistic, critical in estimating population parameters.