Latex Allergy Is Suspected in a Child with Spina Bifida

question 24

Multiple Choice

Latex allergy is suspected in a child with spina bifida.Appropriate nursing interventions include

• A) Avoiding using any latex product
• B) Using only nonallergenic latex products
• C) Administering medication for long-term desensitization
• D) Teaching family about long-term management of asthma

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Definitions:

Counterconditioning

A behavior therapy technique that involves replacing an undesirable response to a stimulus with a more desirable one.

Higher-Order Conditioning

A process in classical conditioning by which a stimulus that's associated with a conditioned stimulus also becomes capable of eliciting a conditioned response.

Successive Approximations

A method used in behavior modification that rewards behaviors that progressively get closer to the desired behavior.

Intermittent Reinforcement

A conditioning schedule where a response is only sometimes reinforced, leading to more resistant and persistent behavior.