A Low-Dose Dopamine Infusion Is to Be Started for a Client

question 5

Multiple Choice

A low-dose dopamine infusion is to be started for a client diagnosed with hypovolemic shock.Which assessment finding indicates the drug is having the desired therapeutic effect?

• A)Nausea
• B)Increased urine output
• C)Increased blood pressure
• D)Ventricular tachycardia

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Definitions:

Operant Conditioning

A learning process in which the strength of a behavior is modified by reinforcement or punishment, a key concept in behavioral psychology.

Classical Conditioning

A learning process in which a biologically potent stimulus is paired with a previously neutral stimulus to elicit a response that was originally elicited only by the potent stimulus.

Defence Mechanisms

Unconscious psychological strategies brought into play by various entities to cope with reality and maintain self-image.

Freud's Thinking

Refers to the ideas and theories developed by Sigmund Freud, which include the psychoanalytic theory of personality development and the concepts of the id, ego, and superego.