A Terminally Ill Patient with a Swallowing Disorder Experiences Coughing

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Multiple Choice

A terminally ill patient with a swallowing disorder experiences coughing after drinking fluids. Which of the following can be done to help this patient?

• A) Keep the bed flat after the patient ingests fluids
• B) Suggest a chest x-ray be done
• C) Thicken the fluids
• D) Restrict fluids or suggest a nothing-by-mouth status

Describe the effect of context and environment on the effectiveness of conditioning and how changing these factors can influence behavior.

Understand different health care reform systems and their purposes.

Identify the key factors requiring discharge planning by nurses.

Recognize the types of care centers best suited for various patient needs.

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Definitions:

Substitution Effect

The change in consumption patterns due to a change in the relative prices of goods, leading consumers to substitute one good for another more or less expensive one.

Wage Rate

The standardized amount of money paid to an employee per unit of time or piece of work completed.

Output Effect

The impact on total production or output when a firm alters the level of inputs, holding all other factors constant.

Substitutable Resources

Resources that can replace each other in production or consumption, such that the increase in price of one leads to an increase in demand for the other.