The Nurse Is Caring for a Patient Who Will Begin

question 6

Multiple Choice

The nurse is caring for a patient who will begin taking atenolol (Tenormin) . What information will the nurse include when teaching the patient about taking this medication?

• A) The drug must be taken twice daily.
• B) The patient must rise slowly from a chair or bed.
• C) The medication is safe to take during pregnancy.
• D) Use NSAIDs as needed for mild to moderate pain.

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Definitions:

Schematization

The process of organizing information or experiences into schemas, which are mental structures that represent some aspect of the world.

Observational Learning

Learning through watching the behavior of others.

Classical Conditioning

A conditioning method in which two stimuli are consistently paired together; over time, the reaction that was once generated by the second stimulus is drawn out by the first stimulus instead.

Modeling

The act of learning behavior, attitudes, or skills by observing and imitating others, as proposed in social learning theory.