A Nurse Is Caring for a Client with a BMI

question 9

Multiple Choice

A nurse is caring for a client with a BMI of 18.

• A)The client is expressing prejudice.
• B)The client has a body image disturbance.
• C)The client has abdominal obesity.
• D)The client may face weight-related medical problems.
• E) The client complains that he or she is fat, unattractive, and needs to lose weight. Which of the following does the nurse recognize about this client?

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Definitions:

Retrieval Cue

A stimulus that allows or aids the recall of information stored in memory.

Elaboration Encoding

A mnemonic device involving the addition of extra information to aid in the memory of something.

Spreading Activation

A method within cognitive science that explains how information is retrieved in the brain, suggesting that the activation of one concept triggers related concepts.

Semantic Network

A cognitive model that represents concepts and ideas as a network of interconnected nodes, where each node represents a concept, and edges represent the relationship or associations between concepts.