The Nurse Is Assisting the Family of a Child with a History

question 18

Multiple Choice

The nurse is assisting the family of a child with a history of encopresis. Which one of the following should be included in the nurse's discussion with this family?

• A)Instruct the parents to sit the child on the toilet at twice-daily routine intervals.
• B)Instruct the parents that the child will probably need to have daily enemas.
• C)Suggest the use of stimulant cathartics weekly.
• D)Reassure the family that most problems are resolved successfully, with some relapses during periods of stress.

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Definitions:

Spontaneous Recovery

The reappearance of a previously extinguished conditioned response after a period of time without exposure to the conditioned stimulus.

Unconditioned Response

A natural, instinctive response to a stimulus that happens without any previous learning or conditioning.

Conditioned Stimulus

An initially neutral stimulus that, after being associated with an unconditioned stimulus, comes to trigger a conditioned response.

Operant Conditioning

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