A Patient Has Been Diagnosed with an Empyema

question 14

Multiple Choice

A patient has been diagnosed with an empyema. What does the healthcare professional tell the patient about this condition?

• A)We will have to drain the pus out of your pleural space.
• B)You will be given a long course of antiviral medication.
• C)These blebs in your lungs can rupture with exercise.
• D)We will watch you for respiratory muscle fatigue.

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Definitions:

CS

In the context of classical conditioning, CS stands for Conditioned Stimulus, which is a neutral stimulus that, after being repeatedly paired with an unconditioned stimulus, begins to evoke a conditioned response.

Discrimination

The unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people or things, especially on the grounds of race, age, or sex.

Classical Conditioning

A teaching method that employs the repetitive pairing of two stimuli; over time, the response initially caused by the second stimulus becomes caused by the first stimulus alone.

CS

An abbreviation that can stand for "Conditioning Stimulus" in behavioral psychology, relating to the process by which a neutral stimulus becomes associated with a reflexive response.