Patient and Parent Education for the Child Who Has a Synthetic

question 21

Multiple Choice

Patient and parent education for the child who has a synthetic cast should include which of the following?

• A) Applying a heating pad to the cast if the child has swelling in the affected extremity
• B) Wrapping the outer surface of the cast with an Ace bandage
• C) Splitting the cast if the child complains of numbness or pain
• D) Covering the cast with plastic and waterproof tape to keep it dry while bathing or showering

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Definitions:

Standard Deviation

An indicator of the degree of variation or spread within a collection of numbers.

Variability

The extent to which data points in a data set differ from each other and from the mean.

Range

The difference between the highest and lowest values in a data set.

Coefficient of Variation

A normalized measure of dispersion of a probability distribution, calculated as the ratio of the standard deviation to the mean, usually expressed as a percentage.