The Client Is Started on a Medication to Treat a Neuromuscular

question 11

Multiple Choice

The client is started on a medication to treat a neuromuscular disorder. What does the nurse teach as the primary therapeutic goal of the medication?

• A) to stop the client's muscle spasms
• B) to improve the client's appearance
• C) to promote exercise in the client
• D) to allow the client increased independence

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Definitions:

Stimulus Generalization

the tendency for the conditioned response to be elicited by stimuli that are similar but not identical to the conditioned stimulus.

Conditioned Inhibition

The permanent inhibition of a specific behavior as a result of the continued failure of that response to reduce the drive state; alternatively, a stimulus (CS2) may develop the ability to suppress the response to another stimulus (CS1) when the CS1 is paired with a UCS and the CS2 is presented without UCS.

Excitatory Strength

The level of potential or ability of a stimulus to produce a response or a desired behavioral effect.

Drive State

A psychological state that motivates an organism to satisfy a physiological need, such as hunger or thirst.