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The Nurse Working on the Behavioral Health Unit Is Developing

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The nurse working on the behavioral health unit is developing a plan of care for a client.The client does not interact with others,refuses to attend group sessions,and has a history of throwing things at other clients.Which is the priority nursing diagnosis for this client?


Definitions:

Passive Avoidance

A learning process in which an individual learns to refrain from engaging with a negative stimulus to avoid an unpleasant outcome.

Active Avoidance

The action of learning to evade a disliked stimulus by performing specific behaviors to ensure the stimulus is not encountered.

Aversive Events

Unpleasant or harmful events or stimuli that an individual seeks to avoid or escape.

Avoidance Conditioning

A learning process through which a subject learns to avoid an unpleasant or harmful stimulus by engaging in particular behaviors.

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