What Is an Important Nursing Consideration When Performing a Bladder

question 21

Multiple Choice

What is an important nursing consideration when performing a bladder catheterization on a young boy?

• A) Use clean technique, not Standard Precautions.
• B) Insert 2% lidocaine lubricant into the urethra.
• C) Lubricate catheter with water-soluble lubricant such as K-Y Jelly.
• D) Delay catheterization for 20 minutes while anesthetic lubricant is absorbed.

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Definitions:

Classical Conditioning

The approach of training through the habitual pairing of two stimuli; originally, the second stimulus induces the response, which later is induced by the first stimulus solely.

Extinction

In psychology, the diminishing of a conditioned response, typically when the reinforcement or stimulus that originally led to the response is removed.

Original Learning

The initial phase of acquiring new knowledge or skills where fundamental concepts and principles are established.

Classical Conditioning

Learning occurs through consistently pairing two stimuli together; a reaction first stimulated by the second stimulus eventually is stimulated by only the first stimulus.