STATISTICS FOR NURSING:
A PRACTICAL APPROACH,
THIRD EDITION
ELIZABETH HEAVEY
ANSWER KEY FOR EVEN-NUMBERED REVIEW QUESTIONS
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,Chapter c1 cReview cQuestions
1. D
2. D
3. A
4. C
5. C
6. A
7. Preoperative cblood cpressure
8. Postoperative chematocrit
9. Answers cmay cvary—actual cblood cpressure-ratio, clab creported chematocrit-ratio,
cand cso con.
10. Transfusion cstatus
11. Depression
12. Answers cmay cvary: ctransfusion cstatus, cyes/no, cnominal, cBeck’s cdepression
cscale, cinterval, cand cso con.
13. Answers cmay cvary.
14. Ordinal
15. Use cof cinterval cdata, csuch cas cBeck’s cdepression cscale
16. Increases canalysis coptions
17. Quantitative
18. Answers cmay cvary, cincluding cthat cthis cgroup cmay chave crealized cthey chad ca
cgrave chealth crisk cand care csimply chappy cto cbe calive.
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,19. Answers cmay cvary, cincluding cIQ, cschool cenrollment, ccrime, cpregnancy,
chematocrit, clearning cdisabilities, cgrowth, chearing, cand cbehavior.
20. Answers cwill cvary.
21. Answers cwill cvary.
22. Lead clevel
23. Answers cmay cvary cand cinclude, c“It crequires ca cblood cdraw,” c“There care
cdifferent ctesting cmechanisms,” c“The clevel cmay cchange cdepending con cwhen cthe
cexposure coccurred cand cthe ctime cthat chas clapsed csince cthen,” c“Levels cmay cdiffer
cfrom cfingersticks cversus cserum cdraws.”
24. Answers cwill cvary.
25. Answers cwill cvary.
26. dosage cadministered
27. side ceffects, cnausea, cheadache, cweight cgain, cweight closs, clethargy, cskin crash
28. nominal
29. ratio, ccontinuous
30. ordinal, ccategorical
31. ratio
32. Answers cwill cvary cbut cmay cinclude: c the clower cdose cbecause cthere care cfewer
cside ceffects cwith cthe csame coutcomes, cMay cwant cto cknow cthe ccose, cthe cmeans cand
cfrequency cof cthe cdose cadministration, cetc.
33. signs cand csymptoms cof cneuropathy
35. Ordinal
36. Nominal
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, 37. Interval- cBecause ccollecting cthe cdata cat ca chigher cLOM cgives cyou cmore
canalysis coptions
38. Compliance cwith cthe cDASH cdiet
39. Stage cof chigh cblood cpressure, ccategorical
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A PRACTICAL APPROACH,
THIRD EDITION
ELIZABETH HEAVEY
ANSWER KEY FOR EVEN-NUMBERED REVIEW QUESTIONS
1
,Chapter c1 cReview cQuestions
1. D
2. D
3. A
4. C
5. C
6. A
7. Preoperative cblood cpressure
8. Postoperative chematocrit
9. Answers cmay cvary—actual cblood cpressure-ratio, clab creported chematocrit-ratio,
cand cso con.
10. Transfusion cstatus
11. Depression
12. Answers cmay cvary: ctransfusion cstatus, cyes/no, cnominal, cBeck’s cdepression
cscale, cinterval, cand cso con.
13. Answers cmay cvary.
14. Ordinal
15. Use cof cinterval cdata, csuch cas cBeck’s cdepression cscale
16. Increases canalysis coptions
17. Quantitative
18. Answers cmay cvary, cincluding cthat cthis cgroup cmay chave crealized cthey chad ca
cgrave chealth crisk cand care csimply chappy cto cbe calive.
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,19. Answers cmay cvary, cincluding cIQ, cschool cenrollment, ccrime, cpregnancy,
chematocrit, clearning cdisabilities, cgrowth, chearing, cand cbehavior.
20. Answers cwill cvary.
21. Answers cwill cvary.
22. Lead clevel
23. Answers cmay cvary cand cinclude, c“It crequires ca cblood cdraw,” c“There care
cdifferent ctesting cmechanisms,” c“The clevel cmay cchange cdepending con cwhen cthe
cexposure coccurred cand cthe ctime cthat chas clapsed csince cthen,” c“Levels cmay cdiffer
cfrom cfingersticks cversus cserum cdraws.”
24. Answers cwill cvary.
25. Answers cwill cvary.
26. dosage cadministered
27. side ceffects, cnausea, cheadache, cweight cgain, cweight closs, clethargy, cskin crash
28. nominal
29. ratio, ccontinuous
30. ordinal, ccategorical
31. ratio
32. Answers cwill cvary cbut cmay cinclude: c the clower cdose cbecause cthere care cfewer
cside ceffects cwith cthe csame coutcomes, cMay cwant cto cknow cthe ccose, cthe cmeans cand
cfrequency cof cthe cdose cadministration, cetc.
33. signs cand csymptoms cof cneuropathy
35. Ordinal
36. Nominal
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, 37. Interval- cBecause ccollecting cthe cdata cat ca chigher cLOM cgives cyou cmore
canalysis coptions
38. Compliance cwith cthe cDASH cdiet
39. Stage cof chigh cblood cpressure, ccategorical
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