A client asks the nurse about the doctor's comment that he may have problems due to "delayed synaptic transmission" in his brain. The nurse explains that the best way to describe a synaptic transmission is which of the following?
1. An electrochemical process called neurotransmission
2. Where the axon is released
3. When the receptors bind to neurons
4. The space where neurotransmitters match up with receptors
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Rationale: In the Neurobiologic Factor Model, the neurons of the brain are responsible for information processing. Neurotransmission is the electrochemical process that explains how the messages move through the communication circuit. Neurotransmission is a process, not a space where the transmitters match up, when receptors bind to neurons, or where the axon is released.
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What criteria does the nurse use to evaluate to determine if an infant's regurgitation, or spitting up, should be further investigated?
1. How often the baby spits up 2. How much the baby spits up at a time 3. If the baby is gaining weight adequately 4. The consistency of the regurgitated matter