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A Patient Has Had No Visitors for the 2 Weeks

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A patient has had no visitors for the 2 weeks he has been on your unit. The patient seems dejected and insists on having his few belongings in sight at all times. The nurse realizes that he may be experiencing what kind of need?


Definitions:

Reinforcement

In behavioral psychology, a procedure or consequence that strengthens behavior or increases the likelihood of its recurrence.

Punishment

A consequence applied with the intention of reducing the occurrence of a certain behavior.

Behavior Occurring

the manifestation or action of a specific behavior in a particular context or environment.

Classical Conditioning

A learning process in which a natural response becomes triggered by a previously neutral stimulus after being associated with a stimulus that naturally brings about that response.

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