The Nursing Student Is Learning About the Appropriate Method to Use

question 22

Multiple Choice

The nursing student is learning about the appropriate method to use when assessing a client's blood pressure.The student nurse asks the nursing instructor why it is necessary to palpate the systolic pressure prior to the procedure.Which of the following is the nursing instructor's best response?

• A)"You can document this value if you cannot hear the blood pressure well."
• B)"This needs to be done only when the client is developing clinical manifestations associated with shock."
• C)"You are more likely to get an accurate reading when you do it this way."
• D)"It is the best way to determine an arterial obstruction."

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Definitions:

Null Hypothesis

A default statement that there is no difference or effect, used as a starting point for statistical hypothesis testing.

Probability

The measure of the likelihood that an event will occur, quantified as a number between 0 and 1, where 0 indicates impossibility and 1 indicates certainty.

Statistic

A numerical value calculated from a sample of data, used to estimate characteristics of the population from which it is drawn.

Critical Value

A threshold value in statistical testing which the test statistic must exceed to reject the null hypothesis.