Examlex
When a client is admitted to the emergency department with a hernia, the classification of hernia that would represent a surgical emergency is
Law of Effect
A psychological principle that behaviors followed by pleasant outcomes are likely to be repeated, while those followed by unpleasant outcomes are less likely to be repeated.
Rewarded Responses
Behaviors or actions that receive positive reinforcement, which increases the likelihood of the behavior being repeated in the future.
Punished Responses
Behaviors that decrease in frequency because they are followed by unpleasant consequences.
Operant
In Skinner’s system, an instrumental response that is defined by its effect (the way it operates) on the environment.
Q3: A client's leg was pinned under a
Q12: The nurse observes a red glow during
Q19: Using the Curreri formula to compute daily
Q19: A nurse is assessing a client with
Q21: A client with long-standing dementia is sent
Q22: In the care plan for a client
Q23: The nurse would explain that Whipple's operation
Q23: In the application of a plaster cast,
Q25: A client is being admitted for the
Q27: During the preoperative interview, the client's statement