A Group of Nurses Are Working in an Impoverished Area

question 5

Multiple Choice

A group of nurses are working in an impoverished area of a large city where substance use is present. The nurses are an integral part of the city's four-pillar drug strategy. The nurses are educating the community on the new Low-Risk Alcohol Drinking Guidelines. What level of prevention are the nurses working at?

• A) Tertiary
• B) Secondary
• C) Primary
• D) Primordial

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Definitions:

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.

Voluntary Behavior

Actions undertaken by an individual that are done by choice, without external compulsion.

Shaping Successive Approximations

A behavior modification technique that reinforces behaviors progressively closer to the desired behavior, used effectively in both humans and animals.