A Nurse Is Caring for Several Older Clients in the Hospital

question 23

Multiple Choice

A nurse is caring for several older clients in the hospital that the nurse identifies as being at high risk for healthcare-associated pneumonia.To reduce this risk,what activity should the nurse delegate to the unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP) ?

• A) Encourage between-meal snacks.
• B) Monitor temperature every 4 hours.
• C) Provide oral care every 4 hours.
• D) Report any new onset of cough.

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Definitions:

Discrimination Learning

A process by which an organism learns to respond differently to various stimuli, distinguishing between similar but distinct cues.

Excitatory Generalization Gradient

The tendency for the conditioned response to be elicited by stimuli that are similar to the conditioned stimulus.

Conditioned Stimulus

A previously neutral stimulus that, after being repeatedly paired with an unconditioned stimulus, begins to elicit a conditioned response on its own.

Conditioned Response

The learned reaction to a previously neutral stimulus that becomes conditioned through association with an unconditioned stimulus.