A Patient Who Is Diagnosed with Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS)tells

question 18

Multiple Choice

A patient who is diagnosed with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) tells the nurse,"I feel obsessed with thoughts about dying.Do you think I am just being morbid?" Which response by the nurse is best?

• A) "Thinking about dying will not improve the course of AIDS."
• B) "It is important to focus on the good things about your life now."
• C) "Do you think that taking an antidepressant might be helpful to you?"
• D) "Can you tell me more about the kind of thoughts that you are having?"

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Definitions:

Secondary Reinforcement

A type of reinforcement where a stimulus reinforces a behavior because it is associated with a primary reinforcer.

Discovery Learning

An instructional approach that allows learners to explore and discover information through hands-on and interactive tasks, promoting deeper understanding.

Operant Conditioning

Operant Conditioning refers to a method of learning where the likelihood of a behavior is adjusted by either rewards or penalties.

Associative Learning

the process by which an individual learns the connection between two stimuli or events, commonly illustrated by classical and operant conditioning.