A psychiatric nurse is trying to help a client overcome his fear of public speaking, which is preventing him from advancing in his career. He has conquered some of his other social phobias such as using public restrooms. During an interview with the nurse to evaluate his progress, he makes all of the following statements. Which statement concerns the nurse?
A. "One of my subordinates just got a promotion."
B. "I try to take deep breaths and remain calm when people talk to me."
C. "It helps me to have one or two drinks at lunch."
D. "I've met a woman whom I'd like to ask out on a date."
Answer: C. "It helps me to have one or two drinks at lunch."
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1. "When I was growing up, my parents believed that mental illnesses were the work of evil spirits." 2. "All that I need to understand about the culture of mental illness is available on the Internet." 3. "My father was a psychiatrist, so I am very knowledgeable about how to work with mental illnesses." 4. "I have been through therapy, so I know what to expect from clients with mental illnesses."
A graduate nurse is working with her preceptor in a long-term care facility. The graduate nurse asks her preceptor to list the most serious problems that she must watch out for in patients with dementia
Which of the following is the most appropriate response by the preceptor? A) "Patients with dementia need assistance with everything; make sure that your nursing assistants are doing everything for them." B) "Patients with dementia may have become aggressive, so you need to make sure that you medicate them when they act out." C) "Patients with dementia may have problems with overmedication and polypharmacy; you need to really pay attention to the medications the patients are taking and their responses to those medications." D) 'Patients with dementia may need their schedules adjusted each day depending on how they are acting."
At a home visit, the nurse asks the patient, "Have you taken your blood pressure medicine today?" The patient replies, "I don't remember
Maybe." On the table are several bottles of medication, some open, some not. They have all been prescribed for the patient. The patient cannot say how often to take each one, when asked. A compartmentalized medication organizer is on the table, with a few capsules in it, and some compartments left open. What should the nurse do? 1) Show the patient how to put the medications in the organizer for the next 2 days, and observe while he fills the rest of the organizer. 2) Arrange for a home health aide to come each day to show the patient which pills to take. 3) Administer today's medications and arrange for the pharmacy to put medications in easy-to-open containers in the future. 4) Fill the organizer for each day of the week, explain how to use it, and return in a day or two to evaluate
Ethnomethodology is a method where the researchers disrupt ordinary activity by doing something that violates the group's norms and assumptions and then observe what group members do and how they try to make sense of what is happening
A) True B) False