A 37-year-old client who has been divorced for several years recently lost joint custody of a 10-year-old daughter because of drug and alcohol use, along with nonpayment of child support
The client is referred to the clinic as the result of a court order. When arriving at the clinic, the client has been on a drinking binge for 2 days. What is the most appropriate nursing diagnosis for this client? a. Health-seeking behaviors
b. Family processes, readiness for enhanced
c. Coping, ineffective
d. Hopelessness
C
This client is using drugs and alcohol as coping mechanisms. It is unlikely that the client is choosing these actions as a health-seeking mechanism. The client is not ready to work on family processes, and there is not enough evidence to suggest hopelessness.
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A client mentions to a nursing student, "I'd never want to be a nurse working with psychiatric clients
because none of us ever gets well.". The reply by the nursing student that best addresses the stated bias is a. "People with mental disorders should not be stereotyped as hopeless cases.". b. "The media tend to focus on the sensational, so the public hears only about the poorest outcomes.". c. "Treatment of bipolar disorder has an 80% success rate, whereas angioplasty is successful 41% of the time.". d. "Some mental disorders such as panic disorder are highly treatable, whereas other disorders result in progressive deterioration.".
If a nurse infantilizes the client, the nurse is not adhering to which of the following guidelines for rehabilitative nursing?
A) Prevent complications. B) Do not equate physical disability with mental disability. C) Provide time and flexibility. D) Recognize and praise accomplishments.
Which nurse would be most likely to be protected under the Age Discrimination Employment Act of 1967?
1. A 45-year-old nurse who was fired after complaining about a new policy 2. A 72-year-old nurse who was fired from an OR scheduling position 3. A 39-year-old male nurse who was fired from a position in obstetrics 4. A 23-year-old nurse who was told that she was "too young" for the job