An Older Adult Client with a History of a Myocardial

question 10

Multiple Choice

An older adult client with a history of a myocardial infarction tells the nurse that he takes his daily dose of prescribed aspirin with breakfast each morning.The nurse's response is:

• A)"Food interferes with the drug's absorption, so take it between not with meals."
• B)"Taking aspirin with food is likely to cause nausea."
• C)"Taking the drug with food is likely to alter the taste of the food."
• D)"Eating as you take the aspirin is likely to result in constipation."

Understand metacommunication and its role in defining relationship boundaries.

Understand the role and function of specific brain structures in decision-making and behavior anticipation.

Identify and differentiate between various theories of reinforcement and decision-making (e.g., matching law, maximizing theory, delay-reduction theory).

Describe the principles of operant conditioning schedules and their effect on behavior.

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Definitions:

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Uncertainties

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