The Nurse Is Providing Health Teaching to a Group of Women

question 14

Multiple Choice

The nurse is providing health teaching to a group of women of childbearing age. One woman states that she is a smoker, and asks about the effect on her fetus. The nurse tells her that which fetal complication can occur when the mother smokes?

• A) Genetic changes in the fetal reproductive system
• B) Extensive central nervous system damage
• C) Addiction to the nicotine inhaled from the cigarette
• D) Fetal intrauterine growth restriction

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Definitions:

Source Amnesia

A memory disorder whereby someone can recall certain information but cannot remember how, when, or where they learned that information.

Retroactive Interference

Retroactive interference is the phenomenon whereby more recent information can hinder the recall of older information.

Encoding Failure

A situation where the brain fails to create a memory link for information, leading to its inability to be remembered later.

Retrieval Failure

A phenomenon where information cannot be accessed or recalled from memory, often due to interference or insufficient retrieval cues.