Which Statement Made by a Patient Who Is Prescribed to Take

question 17

Multiple Choice

Which statement made by a patient who is prescribed to take clonidine twice daily indicates the need for more teaching?

• A)"When I get out of bed, I will take my time changing positions."
• B)"If I forget my drug doses one day, I will take double doses the next day."
• C)"If I get a cold, I will check with my healthcare provider before taking a cold drug."
• D)"To determine how well my drugs are working, I will take my blood pressure every day."

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Definitions:

Unobtrusive Measures

Research methods that do not require direct interaction with participants, minimizing the potential for the researcher's presence to influence the results.

Demand Characteristics

Cues in an experiment that suggest to participants what the experimenter expects to find or how participants are expected to behave.

Demand Characteristic

Features of an experimental setting that cause participants to guess the purpose of the study and change their behavior.

Experimenter Expectancy

The phenomenon where the biases and expectations of the experimenter unconsciously influence the participants of an experiment.