, EDITION
APracticalApproach
n n
ELIZABETH HEAVEY, PhD, RN, CNM
n n n n
ProfessornofnNursing
SUNYnCollegenatnBrockportnBrockpor
t,nNewnYork
,WorldnHeadquartersn Jo
nesn&nBartlettnLearningn
5nWallnStreet
Burlington,nMAn01803
978-443-5000
n www.jblearning.co
m
Jonesn&nBartlettnLearningnbooksnandnproductsnarenavailablenthroughnmostnbookstoresnandnonlinenbooksellers.nToncontactnJonesn&nBartlettnLea
rningn directly,ncalln800-832-0034,nfaxn978-443-8000,nornvisitnournwebsite,nwww.jblearning.com.
SubstantialndiscountsnonnbulknquantitiesnofnJonesn&nBartlettnLearningnpublicationsnarenavailablentoncorporations,nprofessionalnassociations,n
andn othernqualifiednorganizations.nForndetailsnandnspecificndiscountninformation,ncontactnthenspecialnsalesndepartmentnatnJonesn&nBartlett
nLearningn .
Copyrightn©n2019nbynJonesn&nBartlettnLearning,nLLC,nannAscendnLearningnCompany
Allnrightsnreserved.nNonpartnofnthen materialnprotectednbynthisncopyrightn maynbenreproducednornutilizedninnanynform,nelectronicnorn mechanica
l,n includingnphotocopying,nrecording,nornbynanyninformationnstoragenandnretrievalnsystem,nwithoutnwrittennpermissionnfromnthencopyrightnow
ner.
Thencontent,nstatements,nviews,nandnopinionsnhereinnarenthensolenexpressionnofnthenrespectivenauthorsnandnnotnthatnofnJonesn&nBartlettnLear
ning,n LLC.nReferencenhereinntonanynspecificncommercialnproduct,nprocess,nornservicenbyntradenname,ntrademark,nmanufacturer,nornotherwis
endoesnnotn constitutenornimplynitsnendorsementnornrecommendationnbynJonesn&nBartlettnLearning,nLLCnandnsuchnreferencenshallnnotnbenuse
dnfornadvertisingn ornproductnendorsementnpurposes.nAllntrademarksndisplayednarenthentrademarksnofnthenpartiesnnotednherein.nStatisticsnfor
nNursing:nAnPracticaln Approach,nThirdnEditionnisnannindependentnpublicationnandnhasnnotnbeennauthorized,nsponsored,nornotherwisenappr
ovednbynthenownersnofnthen trademarksnornservicen marksnreferencedninnthisnproduct.
Theren maynbenimagesninnthisnbooknthatnfeaturen models;nthesen modelsndonnotnnecessarilynendorse,nrepresent,nornparticipateninnthenactivitiesn r
epresentedninnthenimages.nAnynscreenshotsninnthisnproductnarenforneducationalnandninstructivenpurposesnonly.nAnynindividualsnandnscenariosn f
eaturedninnthencasenstudiesnthroughoutnthisnproductn maynbenrealnornfictitious,nbutnarenusednforninstructionalnpurposesnonly.
Thenauthors,neditor,nandnpublishernhavenmadeneveryneffortntonprovidenaccurateninformation.nHowever,ntheynarennotnresponsiblenfornerrors,nomissions,n
ornforn anynoutcomesnrelatedntonthenusenofnthencontentsnofnthisnbooknandntakennonresponsibilitynfornthenusenofnthenproductsnandnproceduresndescribe
d.nTreatmentsn andnsideneffectsndescribedninnthisnbooknmaynnotnbenapplicablentonallnpeople;nlikewise,nsomenpeoplenmaynrequirenandosenornexperiencen
ansideneffectnthatnisnnotn describednherein.nDrugsnandnmedicalndevicesnarendiscussednthatnmaynhavenlimitednavailabilityncontrollednbynthenFoodnandn
DrugnAdministrationn(FDA)n fornusenonlyninnanresearchnstudynornclinicalntrial.nResearch,nclinicalnpractice,nandngovernmentnregulationsnoftennchange
nthenacceptednstandardninnthisnfield.n Whennconsiderationnisnbeingngivenntonusenofnanyndrugninnthenclinicalnsetting,nthenhealthncarenprovidernornreader
nisnresponsiblenforndeterminingnFDAnstatusn ofnthendrug,nreadingnthenpackageninsert,nandnreviewingnprescribingninformationnfornthenmostnup-to-
datenrecommendationsnonndose,nprecautions,nandn contraindications,nandndeterminingnthenappropriatenusagenfornthenproduct.nThisnisnespeciallynimp
ortantninnthencasenofndrugsnthatnarennewnornseldomnused.
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Productionn Credits CompositionnandnProjectnManagement:nS4Carlisl
VP,nProductnManagement:nDavidnD.nCella en PublishingnServices
DirectornofnProductnManagement:nAmandanMartinn Pr CovernDesign:n KristinnE.nParker
oductnManager:nRebeccanStephenson Rightsn&nMedianSpecialist:nWesnDeShan
ProductnAssistant:nChristinanFreitasn Se on MedianDevelopmentnEditor:nTroyn Lis
niornVendornManager:nSaranKelly ton
SeniornMarketingnManager:nJennifernScherzayn Pro CovernImagen (Titlen Page,nPartn Opener,n Chaptern Opener):
ductn Fulfillmentn Manager:n Wendyn Kilborn ©nsinemaslow/iStock/GettynImagesnPlus/Getty
n PrintingnandnBinding:nEdwardsnBrothersnMallo
yn CovernPrinting:nEdwardsnBrothersnMalloy
LibrarynofnCongressnCataloging-in-PublicationnData
Names:n Heavey,n Elizabeth,n author.
Title:nStatisticsnfornnursingn :nanpracticalnapproachn/nElizabethnHeavey,n P
h.D.,nR.N.,nC.N.M.,nProfessornofnNursing,nSUNYnCollegenatnBrockport.
Description:nThirdnedition.n|nBurlington,nMAn:nJonesn&nBartlettnLearning,
n [2019]n|nIncludesnindex.
Identifiers:nLCCNn2017054187n|nISBNn9781284142013n(paperback)n S
ubjects:n LCSH:nNursing--Statisticaln methods.
Classification:nLCCnRT68n.H43n2019n|nDDCn610.73072/7--
dc23nLCnrecordnavailablenatnhttps://lccn.loc.gov/2017054187n 6048
PrintedninnthenUnitednStatesnofnAmerica
, 22n 21n 20n 19n 18 10n 9n 8n 7n 6n 5n 4n 3n 2n 1
APracticalApproach
n n
ELIZABETH HEAVEY, PhD, RN, CNM
n n n n
ProfessornofnNursing
SUNYnCollegenatnBrockportnBrockpor
t,nNewnYork
,WorldnHeadquartersn Jo
nesn&nBartlettnLearningn
5nWallnStreet
Burlington,nMAn01803
978-443-5000
n www.jblearning.co
m
Jonesn&nBartlettnLearningnbooksnandnproductsnarenavailablenthroughnmostnbookstoresnandnonlinenbooksellers.nToncontactnJonesn&nBartlettnLea
rningn directly,ncalln800-832-0034,nfaxn978-443-8000,nornvisitnournwebsite,nwww.jblearning.com.
SubstantialndiscountsnonnbulknquantitiesnofnJonesn&nBartlettnLearningnpublicationsnarenavailablentoncorporations,nprofessionalnassociations,n
andn othernqualifiednorganizations.nForndetailsnandnspecificndiscountninformation,ncontactnthenspecialnsalesndepartmentnatnJonesn&nBartlett
nLearningn .
Copyrightn©n2019nbynJonesn&nBartlettnLearning,nLLC,nannAscendnLearningnCompany
Allnrightsnreserved.nNonpartnofnthen materialnprotectednbynthisncopyrightn maynbenreproducednornutilizedninnanynform,nelectronicnorn mechanica
l,n includingnphotocopying,nrecording,nornbynanyninformationnstoragenandnretrievalnsystem,nwithoutnwrittennpermissionnfromnthencopyrightnow
ner.
Thencontent,nstatements,nviews,nandnopinionsnhereinnarenthensolenexpressionnofnthenrespectivenauthorsnandnnotnthatnofnJonesn&nBartlettnLear
ning,n LLC.nReferencenhereinntonanynspecificncommercialnproduct,nprocess,nornservicenbyntradenname,ntrademark,nmanufacturer,nornotherwis
endoesnnotn constitutenornimplynitsnendorsementnornrecommendationnbynJonesn&nBartlettnLearning,nLLCnandnsuchnreferencenshallnnotnbenuse
dnfornadvertisingn ornproductnendorsementnpurposes.nAllntrademarksndisplayednarenthentrademarksnofnthenpartiesnnotednherein.nStatisticsnfor
nNursing:nAnPracticaln Approach,nThirdnEditionnisnannindependentnpublicationnandnhasnnotnbeennauthorized,nsponsored,nornotherwisenappr
ovednbynthenownersnofnthen trademarksnornservicen marksnreferencedninnthisnproduct.
Theren maynbenimagesninnthisnbooknthatnfeaturen models;nthesen modelsndonnotnnecessarilynendorse,nrepresent,nornparticipateninnthenactivitiesn r
epresentedninnthenimages.nAnynscreenshotsninnthisnproductnarenforneducationalnandninstructivenpurposesnonly.nAnynindividualsnandnscenariosn f
eaturedninnthencasenstudiesnthroughoutnthisnproductn maynbenrealnornfictitious,nbutnarenusednforninstructionalnpurposesnonly.
Thenauthors,neditor,nandnpublishernhavenmadeneveryneffortntonprovidenaccurateninformation.nHowever,ntheynarennotnresponsiblenfornerrors,nomissions,n
ornforn anynoutcomesnrelatedntonthenusenofnthencontentsnofnthisnbooknandntakennonresponsibilitynfornthenusenofnthenproductsnandnproceduresndescribe
d.nTreatmentsn andnsideneffectsndescribedninnthisnbooknmaynnotnbenapplicablentonallnpeople;nlikewise,nsomenpeoplenmaynrequirenandosenornexperiencen
ansideneffectnthatnisnnotn describednherein.nDrugsnandnmedicalndevicesnarendiscussednthatnmaynhavenlimitednavailabilityncontrollednbynthenFoodnandn
DrugnAdministrationn(FDA)n fornusenonlyninnanresearchnstudynornclinicalntrial.nResearch,nclinicalnpractice,nandngovernmentnregulationsnoftennchange
nthenacceptednstandardninnthisnfield.n Whennconsiderationnisnbeingngivenntonusenofnanyndrugninnthenclinicalnsetting,nthenhealthncarenprovidernornreader
nisnresponsiblenforndeterminingnFDAnstatusn ofnthendrug,nreadingnthenpackageninsert,nandnreviewingnprescribingninformationnfornthenmostnup-to-
datenrecommendationsnonndose,nprecautions,nandn contraindications,nandndeterminingnthenappropriatenusagenfornthenproduct.nThisnisnespeciallynimp
ortantninnthencasenofndrugsnthatnarennewnornseldomnused.
14399-7
Productionn Credits CompositionnandnProjectnManagement:nS4Carlisl
VP,nProductnManagement:nDavidnD.nCella en PublishingnServices
DirectornofnProductnManagement:nAmandanMartinn Pr CovernDesign:n KristinnE.nParker
oductnManager:nRebeccanStephenson Rightsn&nMedianSpecialist:nWesnDeShan
ProductnAssistant:nChristinanFreitasn Se on MedianDevelopmentnEditor:nTroyn Lis
niornVendornManager:nSaranKelly ton
SeniornMarketingnManager:nJennifernScherzayn Pro CovernImagen (Titlen Page,nPartn Opener,n Chaptern Opener):
ductn Fulfillmentn Manager:n Wendyn Kilborn ©nsinemaslow/iStock/GettynImagesnPlus/Getty
n PrintingnandnBinding:nEdwardsnBrothersnMallo
yn CovernPrinting:nEdwardsnBrothersnMalloy
LibrarynofnCongressnCataloging-in-PublicationnData
Names:n Heavey,n Elizabeth,n author.
Title:nStatisticsnfornnursingn :nanpracticalnapproachn/nElizabethnHeavey,n P
h.D.,nR.N.,nC.N.M.,nProfessornofnNursing,nSUNYnCollegenatnBrockport.
Description:nThirdnedition.n|nBurlington,nMAn:nJonesn&nBartlettnLearning,
n [2019]n|nIncludesnindex.
Identifiers:nLCCNn2017054187n|nISBNn9781284142013n(paperback)n S
ubjects:n LCSH:nNursing--Statisticaln methods.
Classification:nLCCnRT68n.H43n2019n|nDDCn610.73072/7--
dc23nLCnrecordnavailablenatnhttps://lccn.loc.gov/2017054187n 6048
PrintedninnthenUnitednStatesnofnAmerica
, 22n 21n 20n 19n 18 10n 9n 8n 7n 6n 5n 4n 3n 2n 1
