A 34-year-old woman is 3 months postpartum following the birth of ...

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A 34-year-old woman is 3 months postpartum following the birth of her first child and is being treated for postpartum depression.
 
  She states that she misses her career, was not ready to become a full-time mother, and resents the time she must devote to the baby. The infant looks well fed and well cared for. Basing the client's plan of care on concepts of brain development and neuroplasticity, the nurse identifies which of the following goals as the priority?
  A) The client will receive physical and emotional support from her husband.
  B) The client will resume her job on a part-time basis.
  C) The client will develop attachment with the infant.
  D) The client will use daycare or other services to allow her more time to herself.

Question 2

A client reveals that an uncle sexually abused her during her childhood. She states she recalls in detail the day and the events leading up to the first instance of the abuse. This memory is an example of which of the following types of memory?
 
  A) Retrieved memory
  B) Suppressed memory
  C) Declarative memory
  D) Procedural memory

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Answer to Question 1

Ans: C
Feedback:
Neuroplasticity means that the brain adapts to new conditions during its constant interaction with its environment. Our brains continue to grow connections, and exposure to new learning results in brain changes, even into advanced old age. The mother can learn to embrace her new role as mother and develop an attachment with the infant.

Answer to Question 2

Ans: C
Feedback:
Declarative or explicit memory storage constitutes a conscious memory for people, places, and things. Procedural or implicit memory is unconscious, and those memories are evident only in performance, not through conscious recall.