A Patient Has Just Been Diagnosed with Breast Cancer Following

question 10

Multiple Choice

A patient has just been diagnosed with breast cancer following a needle biopsy of a breast lump. The nurse plans teaching for the patient to meet the goal of

• A) preventing the recurrence of the tumor.
• B) learning skills to live with the disease.
• C) selecting and using treatment options.
• D) minimizing adverse effects of treatment.

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Definitions:

Cue Overload

A principle of memory that states a retrieval cue will be most effective when it is highly distinctive and not related to any other target memories.

Distinctive

Having a quality or characteristic that makes something easily identifiable and sets it apart from others.

Mood-dependent Memory Effect

The phenomenon where an individual's current mood affects the recall of memories congruent with that mood.

State-Dependent Learning

The phenomenon that recall is easier when the pharmacological state of the person at recall matches his or her pharmacological state during encoding.