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A Patient Has Been Experiencing Diarrhea for Several Days

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A patient has been experiencing diarrhea for several days. What should the nurse assess to determine if adverse effects are occurring within this patient?


Definitions:

Overjustification Effect

The phenomenon in which rewarding a person for performing an activity actually decreases their intrinsic motivation to perform that activity.

Externality Hypothesis

A theory suggesting that individuals attribute their success to internal factors and failures to external factors, often explored within the context of social psychology and self-perception.

Principle Homeostasis

The regulatory principle that organisms maintain a stable internal environment despite external changes.

Hierarchy Needs

A theory in psychology, proposed by Abraham Maslow, suggesting that people are motivated by five basic categories of needs: physiological, safety, love/belonging, esteem, and self-actualization, which form a hierarchy.

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