A Patient Is Admitted to the Emergency Department Reporting a Burning

question 17

Multiple Choice

A patient is admitted to the emergency department reporting a burning pain in the chest of a 7 on a 0 to 10 pain scale.Gastroesophageal reflux disorder (GERD) secondary to hiatal hernia is diagnosed.Based on this data,which is the priority nursing diagnosis?

• A) Anxiety
• B) Acute Pain
• C) Ineffective Health Maintenance
• D) Dysfunctional Gastrointestinal Motility

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Definitions:

Confidence

In statistics, the degree of certainty or probability that a parameter lies within a specified range of values.

Randomly Sample

A method of selecting a subset of individuals from a population in such a way that each individual has an equal chance of being chosen.

Clear Majority

A situation or result in which a significantly larger portion of a group supports a particular outcome or opinion over all others combined.

Hypothesis Test

A statistical method that uses sample data to evaluate a hypothesis about the properties of a population.