A woman is sitting in a corner of the clinical waiting room,crying audibly.The nurse asks,"What's wrong? Can I help?" The woman responds,"They just told me I have a positive mammogram and I need to see my doctor for follow-up tests.I know I'm going to die of cancer.How can I tell my family?" Which of the following information does the nurse need to know in order to help the woman cope with this finding?

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The positive predictive value is the proportion of persons with a positive test who actually have the disease,interpreted as the probability that an individual with a positive test has the disease.A negative predictive value is the proportion of persons with a negative test who are actually disease free.Reliability relates to the consistency or repeatabilty of the measure.Validity in a screening test is typically measured by sensitivity (how accurately it identifies those with the condition)and specificity (how accurately the test identifies those without the condition).

A Woman Is Sitting in a Corner of the Clinical