An elderly client is easily completing a crossword puzzle yet he tells the nurse that he can't remember what he did with his watch. The nurse realizes this client is having difficulty with:
a. memory.
b. crystallized intelligence.
c. fluid intelligence.
d. cognitive development.
ANS: A
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