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The Nurse Is Caring for a Client with Clostridium Difficile

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The nurse is caring for a client with Clostridium difficile infection. The nurse is caring for which client?

Understand the role of patient, family, and community in health care.
Implement evidence-based practice in nursing care.
Assess and address the health care needs of patients and populations served.
Understand the importance of personal and professional development in nursing.

Definitions:

Partial Reinforcement

A conditioning strategy wherein a reward is not administered every time the desired behavior is performed, making a behavior more resistant to extinction.

Continuous Reinforcement

A method of learning that entails giving a reward after every desired behavior.

Ratio Schedule

A schedule of reinforcement where a response is reinforced only after a specified number of responses have occurred.

Partial Reinforcement Effect

The tendency for a response that is reinforced after some, but not all, correct responses to be very resistant to extinction.

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