A client responds to an advertisement in a local newspaper that is soliciting subjects for a research program to investigate effective ways to stop smoking
A research nurse explains to the client that she will be assigned to a group that will use a reciprocal inhibition technique. Which exercise is based on reciprocal inhibition?
A) Before she can smoke, she must first take a half-hour walk.
B) When she has the urge to smoke, she is to imagine herself being short of breath.
C) She will be paid $1 for each cigarette she does not smoke and must forfeit $2 for each cigarette that she does smoke.
D) When she has the urge to smoke, she must first hold her breath to a count of 30 and then perform a rhythmic breathing exercise to a count of 100.
D
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A client asks the nurse to explain symptoms that would indicate the presence of a brain tumor. Which of the following should the nurse respond to this client? (Select all that apply.)
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