A Patient Newly Diagnosed with Tuberculosis (TB) Asks How This

question 22

Multiple Choice

A patient newly diagnosed with tuberculosis (TB) asks how this infection is transmitted. What is your best response?

• A)"TB is a sexually transmitted disease."
• B)"TB is transmitted by living in unsanitary conditions."
• C)"TB is transmitted by inhaling droplets from coughing or sneezing."
• D)"TB is transmitted from one person to another by infected blood."

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Definitions:

Operant Conditioning

A learning process through which the strength of a behavior is modified by reinforcement or punishment.

Speech

The verbal expression of thoughts, feelings, or information, utilizing language’s sound patterns to communicate with others.

Freudian Theory

A set of psychoanalytic concepts developed by Sigmund Freud that emphasizes unconscious motivations and conflicts as the basis of human behavior.

Superego

In psychoanalytic theory, the part of the personality that acts as the moral center, enforcing ethical conduct and suppressing unacceptable desires.