A Compensatory Mechanism That May Indicate to a Nurse That

question 76

Multiple Choice

A compensatory mechanism that may indicate to a nurse that a client is experiencing metabolic acidosis includes:

• A)headache.
• B)Kussmaul respirations.
• C)vomiting.
• D)decreased level of consciousness.

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Definitions:

Proactive Interference

The difficulty in learning new information because of the interference of existing knowledge.

Misinformation Effect

A phenomenon in which people's recollections of events can be distorted by exposure to incorrect or misleading information afterward.

Loftus and Palmer

Researchers who conducted seminal studies on the misinformation effect, demonstrating how post-event information can alter a person's memory of an event.

Vividly Descriptive Word

A term or phrase used to convey a strong, clear, and detailed image of a person, scene, or event.