Question

Which is a major reason that a patient’s prescription medication contains the wrong dosage information?
The doctor’s metric conversions are faulty.
The medication comes in too many different quantities.
The doctor’s prescription instructions were illegible.
The dosage amount varies from day to day.

Answer 1

Hm, alright, so I'd say that we can eliminate option D. From my knowledge and own experience, you take the same dosage each day. I'd also say to get rid of option B and this is because while there are many quantities of it, this wouldn't necessarily lead to an incorrect dosage on the doctor's end. For some info on the remaining answer choices, i will say that when we go to the doctor, we get measured in pounds. the medications we get are in kg, so doctors do need to do some converting. In recent times, i find that more prescriptions are just being done with technology, but there were times that these were written, which could cause some confusion with a pharmacist. Then, from your own experience or what you've learned in class, which do you think?

Answer 2

C