When a Child Has Which Symptom Would the Nurse Be

question 11

Multiple Choice

When a child has which symptom would the nurse be alert for increased fluid requirements?

• A) Fever
• B) Mechanical ventilation
• C) Heart failure
• D) Increased intracranial pressure (ICP)

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Definitions:

Acquisition

The phase during learning when a response is established and gradually strengthened.

Stimulus Generalization

The process by which a response that has been learned to one stimulus is also elicited by similar, but not identical, stimuli.

Stimulus Generalization

A process in conditioning where a response to a specific stimulus becomes associated with other stimuli that are similar to the original stimulus.

Poisonous Frog

A type of frog that secretes toxins through its skin as a defense mechanism against predators.