The Nurse Must Monitor the Fluid Status of Each Patient

question 7

Multiple Choice

The nurse must monitor the fluid status of each patient. For each of the symptoms listed below, specify whether it is a symptom of hyponatremia (HYPO) or hypernatremia (HYPER) .
-Stomach cramps

• A)HYPO
• B)HYPER

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Definitions:

Normal Approximation

A method used to approximate the distribution of sample statistics to a normal distribution, particularly useful for large sample sizes.

Alternative Hypothesis

The hypothesis that suggests there is an effect or difference, in contrast to the null hypothesis.

P-Value

The probability of observing a test statistic at least as extreme as the one observed, under the assumption that the null hypothesis is true.

Sign Test

An approach that doesn't rely on parameter assumptions to check for differences in the median of paired samples.