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A Patient Develops a Hospital-Acquired Surgical Wound Infection

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A patient develops a hospital-acquired surgical wound infection. Which organism should the nurse recognize as being the most likely cause of this infection?


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Pollyanna Principle

A tendency for people to remember pleasant items more accurately than unpleasant ones.

Pleasant Stimuli

stimuli that are enjoyable or satisfying to experience, often invoking a positive emotional response.

Primacy Effect

The tendency to remember and give more importance to the first pieces of information encountered about something or someone.

First-impression Error

The bias or mistake of forming a lasting opinion about someone based on the initial impression, potentially overlooking subsequent information.

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