The Nurse Is Caring for Two Clients Involved in a Motor

question 20

Multiple Choice

The nurse is caring for two clients involved in a motor vehicle accident.Both clients required explorative abdominal surgery.Neither has received any pain medication in six hours and both have asked.However,one client is in greater distress than the other.Which pain theory is useful in explaining this phenomenon? The theory of:

• A)Pattern.
• B)Specificity.
• C)Stress.
• D)Gate control.

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Definitions:

Expectancy Theory

A motivational theory suggesting that individuals are motivated to act in certain ways based on their expectations of outcomes and the attractiveness of those outcomes.

Interval Schedules

Are partial reinforcement schedules in which behavior is reinforced as a function of the passage of time—for example, rewarding someone every 10 minutes as long as they were exhibiting desired behavior.

Ratio Schedules

In the context of behavioral psychology, it's a reinforcement strategy where a response is reinforced after a specific number of responses.

Reinforcement Theory

A behavioral theory which posits that behavior can be shaped or modified through rewards or punishments, encouraging or discouraging certain actions.