A Health Teaching Plan for a Patient Taking Lithium Should

question 28

Multiple Choice

A health teaching plan for a patient taking lithium should include instructions to do which of the following?

• A) Maintain normal salt and fluids in the diet
• B) Drink twice the usual daily amount of fluid
• C) Double the lithium dose if diarrhea or vomiting occurs
• D) Avoid eating aged cheese, processed meats, and red wine

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Definitions:

Primary Reinforcer

A primary reinforcer is a stimulus that is naturally rewarding and satisfies a biological need, such as food or water.

Stimulus Discrimination

The learned ability to distinguish between similar stimuli and respond appropriately to each one.

Green Light

An expression meaning to give approval to proceed with a project or action.

Lever Pushing

A task used in experimental psychology and behavioral neuroscience to study the principles of operant conditioning by training an animal to press a lever to receive a reward.