The Sorting and Classifying of Patients to Determine Priority of Need

question 33

Multiple Choice

The sorting and classifying of patients to determine priority of need is called

• A)therapeutic ritual
• B)occupational ritual
• C)patient-centred care
• D)continuity of care
• E)triage

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Definitions:

Conjoined Twins

Twins that are physically attached to each other at birth, due to the incomplete splitting of the fertilized egg during early development.

Dizygotic Twins

Also known as fraternal twins, these are siblings that develop from two different eggs fertilized by two different sperm cells, but are carried in the womb simultaneously.

Fertilized Ova

Refers to an egg cell that has been fertilized by a sperm cell, beginning the process of embryonic development.

Germinal Period

The first two weeks of prenatal development after conception, characterized by rapid cell division and the beginning of cell differentiation.