What Is the Main Purpose of the Initial Assessment Stage

question 10

Multiple Choice

What is the main purpose of the initial assessment stage?

• A) To identify any allergies to medications
• B) To document the patient's smoking history
• C) To personally get to know the patient better
• D) To verify that the prescribed treatment is still needed and appropriate

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Definitions:

Correlational Research

A research methodology that examines the relationship between variables, determining how they may change together but not cause one another.

Positive Expectations

The belief that good things will happen in the future, which can influence behavior and attitudes in a positive way.

Placebo Effect

A beneficial effect produced by a placebo drug or treatment, which cannot be attributed to the properties of the placebo itself, and must therefore be due to the patient's belief in that treatment.

Double-blind Procedure

A research or testing method in which neither the subjects nor the experimenters know which subjects are in the control or experimental groups, to eliminate bias.