A client who recently returned from duty in Iraq is diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The client's family questions what this means. How should the nurse respond to the family?
1. "The client might experience sweating, increased heart rate, and blushing when asked to speak to an audience."
2. "Whenever in an enclosed, small space, the client might experience an attack of sweating, racing heart, shortness of breath, and trembling."
3. "The client might experience nightmares, hallucinations, or flashbacks, accompanied by a racing heart, sweating, shortness of breath, and trembling."
4. "It might be common for the client to repetitively wash his hands over and over without apparent reason."
Correct Answer: 3
Rationale 1: Social anxiety disorder is an unreasonable and persistent fear of crowds or of being ridiculed or embarrassed in public.
Rationale 2: Claustrophobia is a fear of closed places, such as elevators, where a panic attack could occur.
Rationale 3: Post-traumatic stress disorder is a type of situational anxiety that develops in response to reexperiencing a previous life event. The reexperience may take the form of nightmares, hallucinations, flashbacks, and panic attacks.
Rationale 4: Repetitive behaviors are a symptom of obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Global Rationale: Post-traumatic stress disorder is a type of situational anxiety that develops in response to reexperiencing a previous life event. The reexperience may take the form of nightmares, hallucinations, flashbacks, and panic attacks. Social anxiety disorder is an unreasonable and persistent fear of crowds or of being ridiculed or embarrassed in public. Claustrophobia is a fear of closed places, such as elevators, where a panic attack could occur. Repetitive behaviors are a symptom of obsessive-compulsive disorder.
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