A Client, Complaining of Weight Gain, Has Thin Extremities, a "Buffalo

question 5

Multiple Choice

A client, complaining of weight gain, has thin extremities, a "buffalo hump," and a protruding abdomen. The nurse realizes that this client is most likely to be diagnosed with which disease process?

• A) Addison's disease
• B) Cretinism
• C) Cushing's syndrome
• D) Obesity

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Definitions:

Short-Term Memory

A type of memory that holds a small amount of information for a short period of time, usually 20-30 seconds.

Chunking

A memory strategy involving organizing or grouping separate pieces of information into a single unit, making it easier to remember.

Implicit Memory

A type of long-term memory that enables people to perform tasks without conscious awareness of the previous experiences influencing those actions.

Context-Dependent Memory

The phenomenon where people recall information better when the recall situation is similar to the encoding situation.