The Nurse Is Assessing a Client Who Is Recovering Following

question 21

Multiple Choice

The nurse is assessing a client who is recovering following surgery. Which factor would increase this client's susceptibility to infection?

• A)Intact mucous membranes
• B)Presence of an incision
• C)Dry skin
• D)Active bowel sounds

Analyze how animals regulate water and salt balance through osmoregulation.

Understand the roles and sources of different hormones within the human body.

Compare the response times and effects of the endocrine and nervous systems.

Identify the mechanisms through which hormones exert their effects, including second messengers.

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Definitions:

Negative Reinforcement

A behavioral reinforcement technique where a negative condition is removed as a reward to strengthen a desired behavior.

Operant Conditioning

A learning process by which the strength of a behavior is modified by reinforcement or punishment, a concept introduced by B.F. Skinner.

Tardiness

The act of being late or delaying arrival beyond the expected or scheduled time, often viewed negatively in professional and educational settings.

Job Simplification

The process of breaking down tasks into simpler and smaller components to increase efficiency and reduce complexity.