The Prevalence of Urinary Incontinence (UI)increases as Women Age,with More

question 12

Multiple Choice

The prevalence of urinary incontinence (UI) increases as women age,with more than one third of women in the United States suffering from some form of this disorder.The symptoms of mild to moderate UI can be successfully decreased by a number of strategies.Which of these should the nurse instruct the client to use first?

• A)Pelvic floor support devices
• B)Bladder training and pelvic muscle exercises
• C)Surgery
• D)Medications

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Definitions:

Extinction

In behavior psychology, the process of reducing or eliminating a conditioned response by discontinuing reinforcement.

Stimulus Generalization

The psychological phenomenon where a response learned for one stimulus is involuntarily elicited by similar stimuli.

Higher-Order Conditioning

A form of learning in which a stimulus is paired with a previously conditioned stimulus, creating the same conditioned response without directly being paired with the unconditioned stimulus.

Response Renewal

The reemergence of a previously extinguished response following a change in context.