For Which of the Following Reasons Would the Physician Not

question 9

Multiple Choice

For which of the following reasons would the physician not order a narcotic agonist analgesic when a patient has abdominal pain of undetermined origin?

• A) A narcotic is too strong to use in undetermined pain.
• B) It will make it difficult to diagnose the cause of the pain.
• C) Narcotics are very addicting.
• D) Undetermined pain will respond better to nonnarcotic medications.

Distinguish between frequency, relative frequency, cumulative frequency, and percent frequency.

Calculate and interpret percentages from a crosstabulation.

Understand the presentation of data in crosstabulation format, including frequencies and percentages.

Compare two categorical variables using appropriate graphical displays.

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