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In Teaching the Patient How to Take His Own Blood

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In teaching the patient how to take his own blood pressure, the nurse instructs the patient to avoid which of the following 30 minutes before taking blood pressure (BP) ? (Select all that apply.)


Definitions:

Omission Training

A learning process in which a response leads to the removal of an expected reward or positive outcome, thereby decreasing the likelihood of that response in the future.

Response Cost

A behavior modification technique that involves the loss of a reward or privilege following undesired behaviors to decrease their occurrence.

Timeout

A form of behavioral modification that involves temporarily removing an individual from an environment where undesirable behavior has occurred, to decrease the likelihood of that behavior reoccurring.

Effectiveness

The degree to which something achieves a desired or intended result or outcome.

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