Question

Patients were asked 10 questions: if they knew their discharge instructions, if they had filled their medication prescriptions, if they had started taking the medications as ordered, if they were following orders regarding activity levels, and if they were eating as instructed. The data collectors talked at length about each of these issues with each patient.

11. The patients had a right to refuse to answer the callers’ questions. This is an example of which ethical principle?

            a. the principle of respect

            b. the principle of beneficence

            c. the principle of justice

12. Patients were told that they could decide not to answer questions, even if they had already answered some of them. This is an example of which ethical principle?

            a. the principle of respect

            b. the principle of beneficence

            c. the principle of justice

13. Data collectors protected the identity of the patients by giving each one a code and keeping personal information in a separate file. This is an example of:

            a. anonymity

            b. confidentiality

14. Which method of data analysis did Dr. Intellectual use to analysis the data (as described in Question 10)?

            a. frequency distribution

            b. Pearson’s r

            c. chi square

            d. t test

Q10 just for reference If the patient was taking all of their medications as ordered, the data collector gave the patient a “3.” If the patient was taking most of the medications ordered, the data collector gave the patient a “2.” If the patient was taking few of the medications ordered, the patient was rated as “1.” What level of measurement is this? This is ordinal data.

Please answer 11-14.

Please provide the correct answers and explanation along it as why that is correct and others are wrong

Answer 1

11. The correct option is b) the principle of beneficence . Beneficence is the act of doing good , in this case the patient is doing goof to self

12. The correct option is a) principle of respect . In this case the patient's capacity for decision making and freedom to choose is respected

13. The correct option is b ) confidentiality is the keeping of other persons information private .

14. The correct option is a) frequency distribution

Frequency distribution is a list, table or graph that displays the frequency of various outcomes in a sample. Each entry in the table contains the frequency or count of the occurrences of values within a particular group or interval.