A client comes to a psychiatric clinic, experiencing sudden extreme fatigue and decreased sleep and appetite. The client works 12 hours a day and rates anxiety as 8/10 on a numeric scale
What correctly written long-term outcome is realistic in addressing this client's crisis?
A. The client will change his or her type A personality traits to more adaptive ones by week 1.
B. The client will list five positive self-attributes.
C. The client will examine how childhood events led to an overachieving orientation.
D. The client will return to previous adaptive levels of functioning by week 6.
ANS: D
The nurse should identify that a realistic long-term outcome for this client would be to return to previous adaptive levels of functioning. The nurse should work with the client to develop attainable outcomes that reflect the immediacy of the situation. To be correctly written, an outcome must be client-centered, specific, measurable, realistic, and contain a time frame.
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