The Nurse Is Preparing to Interview a Postmenopausal Woman

question 33

Multiple Choice

The nurse is preparing to interview a postmenopausal woman.Which of these statements is true as it applies to obtaining the health history of a postmenopausal woman?

• A)The nurse should ask a postmenopausal woman if she has ever had vaginal bleeding.
• B)Once a woman reaches menopause, the nurse does not need to ask any history questions.
• C)The nurse should screen for monthly breast tenderness.
• D)Postmenopausal women are not at risk for contracting STIs; therefore, these questions can be omitted.

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Definitions:

Discrimination

In psychology, the ability to distinguish between different stimuli and respond appropriately according to their differences.

Modeling Effect

Learning a new behavior from a model through the acquisition of new responses.

Disinhibitory Effect

Describes the phenomenon where observing a model being rewarded for a prohibited or inhibited behavior increases the likelihood of the observer engaging in that behavior.

Classical Conditioning

A habituation procedure where two stimuli are paired frequently, and a reaction that initially occurs because of the second stimulus subsequently occurs due to the first stimulus exclusively.