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What is pyramidal training?

The purpose of social validity assessments is to evaluate the [_________________] or viability of a programmed intervention.

A patient receives acetylcysteine (Mucomyst) for cystic fibrosis. What is the mechanism of action of this medication?

Intravenous potassium chloride (KCL) 20 mEq in 1000mL NS at 75 mL/hr is ordered for treatment of a client with hypokalemia of 3.4 mEq/L on a Medical Surgical unit.  What information should the nurse consider prior to administering Potassium Chloride IV solutions?

Describe the test and control segments of the attention condition in a trial-based FA. Please state (1) what MO is present (AO or EO), (2) what the therapist does during the segment, and (3) the consequence for the target behavior. Lastly, (4) state when the segment ends for each segment. Please format your answer in the following manner: Attention Test Condition 1.  2.  3.  4.  Attention Control Condition 1.  2.  3.  4. 

What were the results of the comparison between the FA of precursor behavior and the FA of the target behavior in Herscovitch et al. (2009)? Consider the functions identified for each behavior.

A nurse anticipates that PEEP (Positive End Expiratory Pressure) will be used when a patient with ARDS is placed on mechanical ventilation. What is the reason for the PEEP setting?

​Macroeconomics primarily examines:

When evaluating the results of a latency-based FA, longer latencies to the target behavior in a test condition relative the control condition would suggest that the reinforcer in that test condition is maintaining the target behavior. 

A patient scheduled for a total laryngectomy and radical neck dissection for cancer of the larynx asks the nurse how he surgery will affect his throat and speech. Select the best response by the nurse.