The Client Asks the Nurse How to Control Hypertension Without

question 26

Multiple Choice

The client asks the nurse how to control hypertension without taking medications.Which teaching topics would be appropriate for the nurse to include? (Select all that apply.) Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected.

• A)Increase exercise
• B)Decrease sodium intake
• C)Stop smoking
• D)Increase weight if overweight
• E)Increase intake of dietary fat

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Definitions:

Pavlovian Conditioning

The association of a response with an environmental event as the result of pairing that event (conditioned stimulus, or CS) with a biologically significant event (unconditioned stimulus, or UCS).

Operant Conditioning

When a specific response produces reinforcement and the frequency of the response determines the amount of reinforcement obtained.

Learned Helplessness

A condition in which an individual learns to feel powerless and stops trying to change or escape a negative situation due to past failures.

Seligman

Martin E.P. Seligman, a psychologist known for his work on learned helplessness and for promoting positive psychology.