A rape victim whose nursing diagnosis was rape-trauma syndrome received initial treatment in the
emergency department and has visited a rape crisis counselor weekly for 8 weeks.
The client report
that would support nursing evaluation that the long-term process of reorganization has been
successfully completed is
a. absence of signs or symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder.
b. presence of mild somatic reaction.
c. occasional episodic nightmares.
d. moderate doubts about self-worth.
A
Rape-trauma syndrome is a variant of posttraumatic stress disorder. Reporting the absence of signs
and symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder suggests that the long-term reorganization phase has
been successfully completed. The other options suggest that the process is ongoing.
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