The Nurse Is Contributing to a Teaching Session About Hypertension

question 11

Multiple Choice

The nurse is contributing to a teaching session about hypertension. Which patient should the nurse identify as having the greatest risk for hypertension?

• A)A 43-year-old married mother of three teenagers
• B)A 40-year-old man whose brother has hypertension
• C)A 35-year-old male construction worker who smokes
• D)A 34-year-old single female who is an administrative assistant

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Definitions:

Two-way ANOVA

A statistical analysis tool used to explore the relationship between two categorical independent variables and a continuous dependent variable.

Interaction Effect

A phenomenon in statistical analysis where the effect of one variable on an outcome is different depending on the level or value of another variable.

Main Effect

In the context of statistical analysis, especially ANOVA, refers to the direct impact of an independent variable on a dependent variable.

Degrees of Freedom

The number of values in the final calculation of a statistic that are free to vary, often associated with the sample size.