Persons who naturally relate aggressively to others, seldom have empathy, and lack appropriate guilt feelings are given the diagnosis of ____ disorder
a. Conduct
b. Adjustment
c. Impulse-control
d. Oppositional defiant
A
These are characteristics of conduct disorders. Adjustment disorders are characterized by a psychological response from an identifiable stressor or group of stressors that causes significant emotional or behavioral symptoms that do not meet criteria for more specific disorders; impulse-control disorders are characterized by a failure to resist impulses or temptations that are harmful to the person or to others; and oppositional defiant disorder refers to a pattern of negative, aggressive behaviors that is seen most commonly in children who focus on authority figures.
You might also like to view...
What is the purpose of establishing a nursing diagnosis?
A) to describe a functional health problem B) to collaborate with the physician C) to identify medical problems D) to meet accreditation criteria
A client recovering from MTG sexual reassignment surgery asks what can be done to change the sex and name on the client's driver's license. What should the population health nurse do to assist the client with this issue?
1. Nothing-birth gender cannot be legally changed. 2. Complete paperwork through the client's automotive club. 3. Recommend waiting until the surgery is considered successful. 4. Provide information to have gender identification legally changed.
The nurse is administering a swish-and-swallow solution to a client who has stomatitis related to chemotherapy. Which of the following is a nursing consideration for this treatment?
A) Swallow only very small amounts of the solution. B) Brush the teeth vigorously after using the solution. C) Use a commercial mouthwash following administration. D) Floss the teeth after using the solution.
Atrial fibrillation, rheumatic heart disease, and valvular prosthetics are risk factors for which type of stroke?
a. Hemorrhagic b. Thrombotic c. Embolic d. Lacunar