NCLEX-PN
Nclex Questions Management of Care Questions
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Question 1 of 5
A test that can correctly identify those who do not have a given disease is:
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: The correct answer is 'specific.' Specificity refers to the ability of a test to correctly identify individuals who do not have a particular disease. In this case, when the client's lab culture report is negative for the suspected infection, a specific test would correctly identify that the client does not have the disease. 'Sensitive' (
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B) is incorrect as sensitivity refers to the ability of a test to correctly identify individuals who do have the disease. 'Negative culture' (
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C) is incorrect as it does not describe the test's ability but rather the result itself. 'Marginal finding' (
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D) is irrelevant to the concept being tested in this question.
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