Which of the Following Should a Nurse Consider When Assessing

question 1

Multiple Choice

Which of the following should a nurse consider when assessing older clients with a sexually transmitted infection (STI) ?

• A) Abandon biases that older adults are sexually inactive.
• B) Older clients, because of their maturity, are rarely embarrassed to talk about this.
• C) Older clients know the ways to prevent STIs.
• D) Older clients who are sexually active have less risk for STIs than other age groups.

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Definitions:

Retroactive Interference

A memory phenomenon where new information learned interferes with the ability to recall old information.

Encoding Specificity

The principle that the retrieval of information is improved when the context present at encoding and retrieval is the same.

Von Restorff Effect

A psychological principle that items which stand out are more likely to be remembered than other items.

Episodic Memory

The memory of autobiographical events that can be explicitly stated, including times, places, and associated emotions.