What Is the Nurse's Primary Source for Data Collection

question 29

Multiple Choice

What is the nurse's primary source for data collection?

• A) The patient
• B) The patients chart
• C) The admission history and physical
• D) The patient's family or significant other

Explain the roles of self-disclosure and intimate communication in relationship satisfaction.

Comprehend the theoretical models explaining love and attraction, including factors influencing partner selection.

Identify the effects of relationship dynamics, such as love at first sight and passionate love, on individual behaviors and relationship outcomes.

Understand the influence of psychological theories on relationship formation, maintenance, and dissolution.

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Definitions:

Primary Reinforcers

Innate reinforcing stimuli that satisfy basic biological needs or desires, such as food, water, and sleep, without learning.

Secondary Reinforcers

Stimuli that acquire their reinforcing properties through their association with primary reinforcers, such as money getting its value from the things it can buy.

Schedules of Reinforcement

The specific patterns and timings of rewards or punishments that control the rate and timing of responses in operant conditioning.

Response Pattern

The characteristic manner in which an individual or system reacts to a specific stimulus or series of stimuli.