An Anxious Patient Has Distorted Perceptions and Ineffective Reasoning

question 13

Multiple Choice

An anxious patient has distorted perceptions and ineffective reasoning.On an anxiety rating scale, the nurse would expect to record the patient's level of anxiety at what level?

• A) Mild, +1
• B) Moderate, +2
• C) Severe, +3
• D) Panic, +4

Distinguish between implicit and explicit memory.

Understand the concepts of retroactive and proactive interference, and how they affect memory recall.

Recognize motivated forgetting and its mechanisms, including repression and the impact of anxiety-arousing memories on conscious awareness.

Identify the effects of new learning on the recall of previously learned information and vice versa.

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