Read the Ordered and Available Amounts

question 24

Short Answer

Read the ordered and available amounts. Decide if you are going to give the same, more, or less than the unit dose available.
-Ordered: Lorabid oral suspension 0.3 g po bid for a patient with an infection.
Available: Lorabid oral suspension, 200 mg per 5 mL.
Give: same, more, or less than unit dose. (Circle one)

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Definitions:

Positive Reinforcement

A technique in behavior management that involves rewarding a desired behavior, thereby increasing the likelihood that the behavior will occur again.

Negative Reinforcement

A method of increasing the probability of a behavior by removing or avoiding a negative condition or stimulus following the desired behavior.

Extinction

In psychology, the diminishing of a conditioned response, occurring when the reinforcement no longer follows the conditioned stimulus; in biology, the end or dying out of a species.

Emotional Reaction

The affective response an individual exhibits in reaction to an external or internal stimulus.