A client relates the following history: the presence of intrusive thoughts that her hands are con-taminated by illness-producing bacteria and the uncontrollable urge to scrub her hands and any-thing she has touched

Question

The nurse will plan to access and modify the standard care plan for:
1. Generalized anxiety disorder
2. Panic disorder
3. Obsessive-compulsive disorder
4. Posttraumatic stress disorder

Answer 1

ANS: 3
These symptoms are consistent with DSM-IV-TR criteria for obsessive-compulsive disorder. This clinical picture is neither suggestive of nor consistent with DSM-IV-TR criteria for generalized anxiety disorder (option 1), panic disorder (option 2), or posttraumatic stress disorder (option 4).