The nurse working with survivors of a disaster wants to assess them for post-traumatic stress disorder. For which clients does the nurse perform further assessment before administering the Impact of Event Scale–Revised? (Select all that apply.)
a. Older adult survivor with minor injuries
b. Woman who lost both her children
c. Middle-aged victim with multiple medical problems
d. Young adult who had serious orthopedic injuries
e. Older adolescent who had a traumatic brain injury
A, E
The Impact of Event Scale–Revised tool should not be used with people who have short-term memory loss, so the nurse should assess the older adult survivor and the client with the brain in-jury for this problem before administering the tool. The other clients do not have medical issues that would preclude use of this tool.
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