To cope with the devastating effects of schizophrenia and other serious mental illnesses, family members and clients alike need
1. regular psychoanalysis.
2. intensive short-term therapy.
3. ongoing treatment and support.
4. continued medication adjustments.
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Continued treatment and support are needed for family members and clients alike if they are to cope with the devastating effects psychotic mental illnesses.
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The client is angrily telling the caregiver about what people have been doing to him. The most therapeutic response is,
1. Those are terrible things for them to do to you. 2. Why are you telling me? I haven't done anything to you. 3. It must be difficult to feel alone and threatened like that. 4. It doesn't make any sense for your neighbors to do these things to you.
Your 24-year-old patient complains of vaginal discharge. When deciding what diagnostics to perform, what is most important to ascertain?
A. Color of the discharge B. Timing of the menstrual cycle C. Consistency of the discharge D. Sexual activity and safe sex practices
When the nurse is providing education to the pregnant patient regarding changes in the cervix, vagina, and the position of the fetus, it is important to be aware that:
a. Because of a number of changes in the cervix, abnormal Papanicolaou (Pap) tests are much easier to evaluate. b. Quickening is a technique of palpating the fetus to engage it in passive movement. c. The deepening color of the vaginal mucosa and cervix (Chadwick's sign) usually appears in the second trimester or later as the vagina prepares to stretch during labor. d. Increased vascularity of the vagina increases sensitivity and may lead to a high degree of arousal, especially in the second trimester.
The nurse has administered the Apgar screen tool to assess an older patient's family function status. Upon determining that the family functions at a 4, the nurse
a. prepares to administer a more detailed tool. b. prepares to report reasonable suspicion of elder abuse. c. asks the patient to identify specific family members to include in care planning ses-sions. d. notifies social services that the family is not likely to be of much support to the pa-tient.