Which finding would alert the nurse that a client is exhibiting selective amnesia?

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Selective amnesia is the inability to recall specific memories while other memories are intact. Option B demonstrates this by stating that the client can remember driving to Iowa but cannot remember the car accident, indicating selective amnesia. Option A relates to global amnesia, option C relates to intact cognition, and option D relates to difficulty with recent memory or potentially a dissociative disorder.

Which Finding Would Alert the Nurse That a Client Is