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s.tung

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In regard to intimate or sexual relationships with present or former clients, the ANA Standards of Psychiatric-Mental Health Clinical Nursing Practice:
 
  a. discourage these intimate or sexual relationships
  b. have nothing written on this subject, leaving it to the state boards of nursing
  c. forbid such interactions with present or former clients
  d. recommend a waiting period of 5 years after caring for a client

Question 2

Three weeks after recovering from a myocardial infarction, a client reports that she is sad every day and unable to sleep. She states she believes she did something wrong because she should be better by now.
 
  The physical assessment by the nurse shows that this client has lost weight. These symptoms indicate this client has: a. had another heart attack
  b. a normal response to heart disease
  c. a major depressive episode
  d. mounting anxiety about her illness



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Answer to Question 1

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The ANA Standards of Psychiatric-Mental Health Clinical Nursing Practice explicitly prohibits intimate or sexual relationships with present or former clients. Sexual liaisons between therapist and client are prohibited by statute in a number of states. Violation of such statutes may result in loss or suspension of one's professional license.

Answer to Question 2

C
The indicators for a diagnosis of Major Depressive Disorder in a client include feelings of sadness, guilt, insomnia, weight loss, or any combination of these following a myocardial infarction. Such symptoms cannot solely be explained by the physiologic after-effects of the myocardial infarction.



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