Which term refers to hints provided to assist patient responses?

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Which term refers to hints provided to assist patient responses?

Category cues are prompts that help a patient retrieve information by pointing to a category of possible responses. They guide recall by narrowing choices to a meaningful group, making it easier to respond without giving away the exact answer. That aligns with “hints provided to assist patient responses” because it describes the formal prompting technique used to aid recall. The other options don’t fit as well: one is just a restatement of the hint, another refers to a patient declining to answer (refusal), and the last describes recording responses rather than prompting them.

Category cues are prompts that help a patient retrieve information by pointing to a category of possible responses. They guide recall by narrowing choices to a meaningful group, making it easier to respond without giving away the exact answer. That aligns with “hints provided to assist patient responses” because it describes the formal prompting technique used to aid recall. The other options don’t fit as well: one is just a restatement of the hint, another refers to a patient declining to answer (refusal), and the last describes recording responses rather than prompting them.

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