How Should the Nurse Explain Positioning for a Lumbar Puncture

question 13

Multiple Choice

How should the nurse explain positioning for a lumbar puncture to a 5-year-old child?

• A) "You will be on your knees with your head down on the table."
• B) "You will be able to sit up with your chin against your chest."
• C) "You will be on your side with the head of your bed slightly raised."
• D) "You will lie on your side and bend your knees so that they touch your chin."

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Definitions:

R-chart

A control chart used for monitoring the variability of a process.

Control Limits

Boundaries in process control, within which a process operates efficiently, used to detect signals or causes of variations that could indicate a problem.

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Control Chart

A graph used to study how a process changes over time, showing plotted values of some statistical measure against time to identify outliers or trends.