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While Preparing a Client for Surgery, the Nurse Marks the Arm

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While preparing a client for surgery, the nurse marks the arm that is to be amputated and participates in a "time out" procedure before the surgery begins. Which sentinel event is this action intended to prevent?


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Generalization Gradient

A measure of the degree to which a conditioned response is elicited by stimuli that resemble the original conditioned stimulus.

Color-blind Monkeys

Primates that lack the ability to distinguish certain colors, used in research to understand color vision and perception.

Concurrent Discrimination

A type of discrimination training in which two or more stimuli are presented at the same time, and the correct response depends on distinguishing between these stimuli.

Two-choice Discrimination

A test situation in which an organism is presented with two different stimuli and rewarded for choosing the correct one, used to assess decision-making.

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