What is an open and closed question?

What is an open and closed question?

Open-ended questions are questions that allow someone to give a free-form answer. Closed-ended questions can be answered with “Yes” or “No,” or they have a limited set of possible answers (such as: A, B, C, or All of the Above).

What are the advantages of an open question?

Advantages of Open Questions

• » They allow for an infinite array of answers.
• » They allow you to understand the data points and logic that has caused the respondent to form their opinion.
• » They allow you to more deeply understand the topic under discussion.

What are the disadvantages of an open question?

Disadvantages of Open Questions in Course Evaluations:

• Takes more time and effort to respond to the questions.
• Literal responses can be difficult for respondents not familiar with expressing own views and opinions.
• Answers may differ in level of details or scope.
• Limited control over length of response.

How do you ask a patient a question?

Here are 5 questions every medical practice should ask when a new patient arrives.

1. What Are Your Medical and Surgical Histories?
2. What Prescription and Non-Prescription Medications Do You Take?
3. What Allergies Do You Have?
4. What Is Your Smoking, Alcohol, and Illicit Drug Use History?
5. Have You Served in the Armed Forces?

Why do doctors ask you to rate your pain?

Pain is subjective, which means no one but you knows how you really feel. This subjectivity makes it difficult to determine whether medications or other pain treatments are effective. Nurses and doctors may ask you to measure your pain on a scale up to 10, or by pointing to a series of faces.

What questions should I ask an injured person?

After-Action Review: What you need to ask

• How did the injury occur?
• What where you doing at the time?
• Did anything out of the ordinary happen when your injury occurred?
• How was the day that your injury occurred different from all the other days?
• Is this your regular job?
• How much training did you receive and when?

What is sample Mnemonic?

“SAMPLE” is a first aid mnemonic acronym used for a person’s medical assessment. The questions that are asked to the patient include Signs & Symptoms, Allergies, Medications, Past medical history, Last oral intake, and Events leading up to present injury (SAMPLE).

What do you say to someone that is injured?

Get-Well Wishes

• “Hope you get to feeling better soon!”
• “Looking forward to seeing you back at practice when you’re ready.”
• “Wishing you well.”
• “Take extra good care!”
• “Here’s to you—steadier, stronger and better every day.”
• “We hope you’re taking it slow and easy right now.”
• “Take your sweet time getting well!”

How do you cheer someone up after an injury?

What to Say to Someone Newly Injured

1. AVOID: “Everything happens for a reason.”
2. TRY INSTEAD: “I am so sorry.
3. AVOID: “I know how you feel.”
4. TRY INSTEAD: “This experience sounds challenging.”
5. AVOID: “I know someone that has ____, too.
6. TRY INSTEAD: “Do not discuss another person’s situation and compare it to your loved one’s experience,” advises Aimee.