Palpation During the Nursing Assessment Is Considered a "Laying on of Hands

question 11

Multiple Choice

Palpation during the nursing assessment is considered a "laying on of hands," and may be interpreted as therapeutic by the patient.Select the statement that best reflects the nurse-patient relationship during nursing assessment.

• A) This can be interpreted as a physical invasion of the patient's body.
• B) The nurse's hands should be warm and the touch gentle to promote calmness and trust.
• C) Warm, gentle palpation symbolizes respect for the patient and for the privilege the patient gives the nurse.
• D) Palpation is best performed without emotional communication or evidence of caring behaviors.

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Definitions:

Higher-Order Conditioning

A type of learning where a new stimulus becomes associated with an already conditioned stimulus, resulting in the same conditioned response.

Spontaneous Recovery

Following a period without exposure to the conditioned stimulus, a conditioned response that had previously disappeared resurfaces.

Shaping

A process in behavioral psychology that involves reinforcing behaviors that are successively closer to the desired action.

Stimulus Generalization

The tendency for the conditioned response to be evoked by stimuli that are similar to the stimulus to which the response was conditioned.