A patient is being given anxiolytics as a treatment for his mental disorder. This patient is being treated using the:
1. analytical approach.
2. interpersonal approach.
3. biologic approach.
4. psychoanalytical approach.
3
The biologic approach attempts to manage the physiologic effects of mental illness using medications. The test taker will be required to identify which of the theoretical approaches uses medications rather than psychoanalysis.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Analysis REF: 1245
OBJ: 2 TOP: Psychiatric Disorders
KEY: Nursing Process Step: N/A MSC: NCLEX: Psychosocial Integrity
You might also like to view...
To manage resistance to change, the change agent may use which strategy?
1. Defend the status quo. 2. Provide evidence to challenge the status quo. 3. Reject opposition to the plan. 4. Eliminate from the organization those who are opposed.
While bathing a patient, the nurse discovers a grayish black, nodular growth that resembles a blackberry in the middle of the patient's back. The nurse should:
a. encourage the patient to seek medical care as the findings are consistent with malig-nant melanoma. b. teach the patient how to assess for changes in the growth c. document finding an actinic keratoses on the back. d. suggest the patient get treatment for a growth that is consistent with squamous cell carcinoma.
Which person is most vulnerable to the development of psychiatric illness based on sociocultural factors?
a. A 16-year-old who has a parent with bipolar disorder b. A 55-year-old who has retired with full pay from a job as a high school teacher c. A 24-year-old who was raised by a grandparent after both parents died in a plane crash d. A 67-year-old from a minority group who is poor and has no social support system
A patient has fallen several times in the past week when attempting to get to the bathroom. The patient informs the nurse that he gets up 3 or 4 times a night to urinate
Which recommendation by the nurse is most appropriate in correcting this urinary problem? a. Clear the path to the bathroom of all obstacles before bed. b. Leave the bathroom light on to illuminate a pathway. c. Limit fluid and caffeine intake before bed. d. Practice Kegel exercises to strengthen bladder muscles.