While Assessing a Patient Who Is Receiving Intravenous Digitalis, the Nurse

question 11

Multiple Choice

While assessing a patient who is receiving intravenous digitalis, the nurse recognizes that the drug has a negative chronotropic effect. How would this drug effect be evident in the patient?

• A) Decreased blood pressure
• B) Decreased heart rate
• C) Decreased conduction
• D) Decreased ectopic beats

Identify and analyze the concept of marginal product and its relationship to total and average product.

Calculate and interpret average total, variable, and fixed costs from given data.

Determine the point at which marginal product equals average product and understand its significance.

Analyze scenarios of changing output levels to predict effects on costs and cost structures.

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Definitions:

Discrimination Learning

A process in learning theory where an individual learns to respond differently to various stimuli because they have been reinforced for doing so.

Modeling

A learning technique based on observing and imitating the behavior of others, often used in therapy and behavior modification programs.

Prompting

In behavioral psychology, it involves giving cues or hints to facilitate the desired response from an individual.

Shaping

A method of operant conditioning by which successive approximations of a desired behavior are reinforced until the exact behavior is achieved.