Which Intervention Would the Nurse Implement When a Patient's Frontal

question 21

Multiple Choice

Which intervention would the nurse implement when a patient's frontal lobe is affected?

• A) Educating the patient on the affects of dopamine
• B) Helping the patient identify reasons for crying
• C) Assessing the patient for any suicidal ideations
• D) Evaluating the affects of medication on motivation

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Definitions:

Primacy Effect

The tendency to remember items at the beginning of a list better than those in the middle or at the end.

Emotional Impact

The intense effect an event, experience, or information can have on a person’s feelings or emotions.

Working Memory

A cognitive system with a limited capacity that is responsible for temporarily holding information available for processing.

Recall

The mental process of retrieving information from the past, which can vary in accuracy and detail depending on numerous factors, such as the context and the method of encoding.