A Patient States, "Sometimes I Have Trouble with Constipation and Have

question 37

Multiple Choice

A patient states, "Sometimes I have trouble with constipation and have to take a laxative." Discussing ways to help avoid constipation, the nurse replies, "Because an individual commonly gets the urge to have a bowel movement about 30 minutes after eating, it is important to

• A) Not ignore the defecation reflex."
• B) Not skip meals when having a bowel movement."
• C) Decrease fluids when you increase the amount of fiber in your meal."
• D) Notify your physician if you do not experience that urge after every meal."

Recognize the conditions under which overhead budget variance occurs.

Explore the relationship between production efficiency and labour variance outcomes.

Grasp the role of quantity standards in manufacturing and service settings.

Appreciate the importance of variance analysis for management decision-making.

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Definitions:

Unconditioned Stimulus

In conditioning, a stimulus that naturally and automatically triggers a response without prior learning.

Extinction

In psychology, the gradual weakening and disappearance of a conditioned response when the conditioned stimulus is no longer paired with the unconditioned stimulus.

Neutral Stimulus

A neutral stimulus is something in the environment that initially does not elicit any intrinsic response until it is paired with an unconditioned stimulus.

Conditioned Stimulus

An initially neutral signal that, once it is linked with a natural stimulus, eventually elicits a learned response.