The Nurse Is Caring for a Patient Who Has Had

question 7

Multiple Choice

The nurse is caring for a patient who has had a portacaval shunt placed surgically.The nurse is aware that this procedure

• A) improves survival in patients with varices.
• B) decreases the risk of encephalopathy.
• C) decreases the incidence of ascites.
• D) decreases rebleeding.

Appreciate the role of hormonal and environmental factors in animal behavior.

Understand experimental methods and their importance in behavioral biology, including deprivation and knockout experiments.

Analyze the role of sexual differentiation in animal behavior.

Critically evaluate theories and hypotheses within behavioral biology, including optimal foraging theory and imprinting.

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