The Staff Nurse Is Teaching a Group of Nurses About

question 26

Multiple Choice

The staff nurse is teaching a group of nurses about strategies that support the nurse's use of self, specifically when caring for a patient who is suffering. What strategy is the primary way in which the nurse provides a response to patient suffering?

• A) Presence
• B) Empathy
• C) Sympathy
• D) Mindfulness

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Definitions:

Reinforcement

In psychology and behaviorism, it’s a consequence applied that strengthens an organism's future behavior whenever that behavior is preceded by a specific antecedent stimulus.

Fixed Interval Schedule

A reinforcement strategy in behavioral psychology where rewards are delivered at consistent, predetermined intervals of time.

Administer Rewards

The process of allocating incentives or benefits to individuals or groups based on their performance or achievements.

Uneven

Lacking uniformity, consistency, or equivalence; not even or balanced in distribution or arrangement.