The Nurse Is Caring for a Patient Who Is Prone

question 6

Multiple Choice

The nurse is caring for a patient who is prone to developing constipation. Which of the following actions would be most appropriate for the nurse to take?

• A)Instruct the patient to use suppositories once a week.
• B)Instruct the patient to take an oral laxative every night.
• C)Help the patient develop an exercise routine.
• D)Give the patient a Fleet enema.

Outline the relationship between job insecurity, change, and stress among professionals.

Explain how personality affects stress reactions and the strategies for stress management.

Understand the relationship between personality traits and burnout.

Describe the job demands-resources model and its implications for employee well-being and engagement.

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Definitions:

Shaping

A method of training by which successive approximations toward a desired behavior are reinforced.

Withholding Reinforcement

is a behavioral strategy where a positive outcome or reward is not given, aiming to decrease or eliminate a certain behavior.

Extinction

In behavior psychology, the gradual disappearance of a conditioned response when the conditioned stimulus is no longer paired with the unconditioned stimulus.

Operant Conditioning

The technique of adjusting the intensity of an action by applying encouragements or deterrents.