The Patients Who Are at Highest Risk for Acquiring Health

question 18

Multiple Choice

The patients who are at highest risk for acquiring health care-associated pneumonia are those who:

• A)Are immunosuppressed.
• B)Have underlying cardiopulmonary disease.
• C)Are receiving mechanical ventilation.
• D)Have undergone thoracic or abdominal surgery.

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Definitions:

Bad-News Messages

Communications that convey unfavorable, disappointing, or negative information.

Classical Conditioning

An educational method involving the consistent pairing of two stimuli, where a reaction initially triggered by the second stimulus ultimately becomes triggered by the first stimulus alone.

Stimulus Eliciting

A process by which a specific stimulus provokes a response or reaction in an organism or system.

Response Paired

A concept in conditioning where a specific stimulus is repeatedly and consistently followed by a particular response.