A Client Is Admitted to the Medical/surgical Unit with Acute

question 39

Multiple Choice

A client is admitted to the medical/surgical unit with acute pancreatitis secondary to a viral infection. Select the action by the nurse that is most important in promoting healing of the pancreas.

• A)Place the client in the prone position to increase comfort.
• B)Maintain the client in a strict nothing-by-mouth (NPO) status.
• C)Decrease the IV intake to prevent cardiac overload.
• D)Administer prescribed IV antibiotics on schedule.

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Definitions:

Operants

Behaviors that are controlled or modified by their consequences, such as rewards or punishments, in the context of operant conditioning.

Reinforcers

Stimuli that, when presented after a behavior, increase the likelihood of that behavior occurring again in the future.

Instrumental Conditioning

A form of learning in which the participant receives a reinforcer only after performing the desired response, and thereby learns a relationship between the response and the reinforcer.

Correct Responses

Correct responses refer to answers or reactions that are accurate, appropriate, or in alignment with expected outcomes in a given context.