A 10-Year-Old Girl Needs to Have Another Intravenous (IV) Line

question 12

Multiple Choice

A 10-year-old girl needs to have another intravenous (IV) line started. She keeps telling the nurse, "Wait a minute" and "I'm not ready." The nurse should recognize this as which description?

• A) This is normal behavior for a school-age child.
• B) The behavior is not seen past the preschool years.
• C) The child thinks the nurse is punishing her.
• D) The child has successfully manipulated the nurse in the past.

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Definitions:

Distributed Practice

A learning strategy that involves spreading out study sessions over time, rather than cramming the material into one lengthy session.

Mnemonics

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Hippocampus

An essential part of the brain's limbic system, crucial for memory storage and spatial navigation.

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Memories of specific events or experiences that can be explicitly stated, including contextual details like time and place.