The Finding That Would Produce the Most Concern When Performing

question 28

Multiple Choice

The finding that would produce the most concern when performing pin care for the patient with an external fixator is:

• A) Crusts around the pin
• B) Serous drainage on the dressing
• C) Purulent drainage
• D) Absence of pain

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Definitions:

StdDev

Another term for standard deviation, indicating how much individual data points deviate from the mean.

Median

The central number that splits a dataset into two equal parts, distinguishing the upper half from the lower half.

Ogive

A graphical representation of the cumulative frequency or cumulative relative frequency on a graph, often used in statistics.

IQR

The interquartile range (IQR) is a measure of statistical dispersion, representing the difference between the 75th (upper quartile) and 25th (lower quartile) percentiles of a data set.