A Client Having Difficulty with Smoking Cessation Refuses Hypnosis

question 9

Multiple Choice

A client having difficulty with smoking cessation refuses hypnosis.What should the nurse respond about this complementary and alternative therapy?

• A) "You cannot be hypnotized against your will."
• B) "You won't remember anything about the session."
• C) "Relinquishing free will is the only way for hypnosis to work."
• D) "The person is under the hypnotherapist's control during the treatment."

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Definitions:

Iconic Memory

A form of sensory memory that temporarily stores visual information, representing items or events with picture-like accuracy.

Sperling's Experiment

A psychological study by George Sperling that showed the existence of a brief sensory memory, using a grid of letters and a tone cue for recall.

Sensory Registers

The initial processing centers in the sensory system where sensory information is received and held briefly before it is processed further.

Semantic Network Model

A cognitive framework that represents semantic relationships between concepts in networks, allowing for understanding of how concepts are interrelated.