A Common Metric in Triaging and Diagnosing Illness Is a Pain

question 12

Multiple Choice

A common metric in triaging and diagnosing illness is a pain scale.Generally,patients report how much pain they are in on a scale of 1 to 10.These scales can be reinterpreted as an attempt to overcome which difficulty?

• A) Lewis's problem of pain
• B) interpersonal comparisons of utility
• C) cardinal measurements of utility
• D) Mohs's hardness scale

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Definitions:

Medication Errors

Mistakes in the prescribing, dispensing, or administration of drugs, potentially leading to harmful effects for the patient.

Computerized Physician Order Entry (CPOE)

A system that allows direct entry of medical orders by healthcare providers, aiming to reduce errors in transcription.

Drug Allergy Checks

Drug allergy checks involve reviewing a patient's medical history and conducting tests to identify any adverse reactions they may have to specific medications before prescribing them.

Secondary Effects

The unintended consequences or side effects that follow the primary outcome of an action or treatment.