A Nurse Is Working in a Public Health Center

question 6

Multiple Choice

A nurse is working in a public health center. A patient who has been newly diagnosed as HIV positive comes for counseling. By law, what must the nurse do?

• A) Give antiviral medications to the patient
• B) Ask the person to name all of his or her sexual contacts
• C) Refer the patient to the social worker as someone possibly needing case management
• D) Report the HIV-infected person to the state health department

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Definitions:

Drive-Reduction Theory

A psychological motivation model that explains behavior as being driven by the desire to reduce needs and return to a state of homeostasis.

Yerkes-Dodson Law

A psychological principle stating that performance increases with arousal up to an optimal point, after which it decreases as arousal levels become too high.

Arousal Theory

A theory in psychology that suggests motivation is driven by levels of arousal, where individuals are motivated to maintain an optimal level of arousal.

Yerkes-Dodson Law

A psychological principle stating that performance increases with arousal only up to a point, after which performance decreases.