What would medication errors from the perspective of the patient include?

What will be an ideal response?


It would include the wrong drug given or prescribed plus wrong dosage and wrong directions.

It would also include medication that did not work, even if, as often is the case, it was the fault of the patient himself.

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Fill in the missing word in the definition for the key term.

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Surgical excision of part of a vertebra as part of treatment for a herniated disk is:

A) rachiotomy B) neurectomy C) diskectomy D) laminectomy

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All of the following are common side effects of psychotropic drugs EXCEPT

A) nausea. B) weight loss. C) headaches. D) sexual dysfunction.

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Research used to assess the effectiveness of a program in terms of its implementation, components, participants, cost-effectiveness, and areas for improvement is called

-a laboratory experiment -evaluation research -a panel study -a trend study

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