A Nurse Must Delegate Some Responsibilities of the Care of Patients

question 6

Multiple Choice

A nurse must delegate some responsibilities of the care of patients on a particularly busy and chaotic day to the LPN and UAP team members.Which of the following can be appropriately delegated to the LPN?

• A)Assisting with a central line insertion
• B)Giving bath supplies to patients who are capable of bathing themselves
• C)Rechecking the blood pressure on a patient who is having episodes of bigeminy and ventricular tachycardia
• D)Transporting a patient in a wheelchair for discharge

Comprehend different reinforcement schedules (fixed-ratio, variable-ratio, fixed-interval, variable-interval) and their impacts on behavior.

Recognize the role of aversive stimuli in behavior modification.

Grasp the concept of reinforcement and its application to increase desired behaviors.

Understand the use of punishment to decrease undesired behaviors.

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Definitions:

Generalizations

Broad statements or concepts that apply to multiple instances, often used to simplify complex ideas.

Cause And Effect

A relationship where one event (the cause) makes another event happen (the effect), often used to describe phenomena in various fields of study.

Post Hoc, Ergo Propter Hoc

A logical fallacy that assumes a cause-and-effect relationship simply because one event followed another in time.

Fallacy Of Logic

An error in reasoning that renders an argument invalid, often undermining the argument's logical structure.