The Patient Having Her Second Child Is Scheduled for a Cesarean

question 4

Multiple Choice

The patient having her second child is scheduled for a cesarean birth because the baby is in a breech presentation. The patient states, "I'm wondering what will be different this time compared with my first birth, which was vaginal." What response is best?

• A)"We'll take good care of you and your baby.You'll be home before you know it."
• B)"You'll be wearing long stockings to prevent blood clots from forming in your legs."
• C)"You will have a lot of pain, but there are medications that we give when it gets bad."
• D)"You won't be able to nurse until the baby is 12 hours old, because of your epidural."

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Definitions:

Transfer-Appropriate Processing

A principle suggesting that memory recall is more efficient when the encoding context of information matches the retrieval context.

Retrieval Cue

Stimuli or signals that can trigger the memory of a previous experience, making it easier to recall information.

Encoding Specificity Principle

The theory that memory is improved when information available at encoding is also present at retrieval.

Sensory Store

A very short-term form of memory that allows individuals to retain impressions of sensory information after the original stimuli have ended.