Author Question: The outcome of crisis intervention therapy that should be identified for a patient who has been ... (Read 138 times)

Bernana · **on:** Jul 19, 2018

The outcome of crisis intervention therapy that should be identified for a patient who has been apathetic, fatigued, and feeling helpless since the recent birth of her baby is that she will:

a. experience reduced anxiety.
b. undergo personality change.
c. identify the need for a support system.
d. return to the precrisis level of functioning.

Question 2

James Taylor, a 22-year-old psychiatric patient with schizophrenia, is refusing his antipsychotic medication. He states, I don't like the dopey way it makes me feel. I feel like I'm walking under water when I take it.

The nurse explains to him, Your schizophrenia is caused by a chemical imbalance in your brain, and this medication helps fix that chemical imbalance. You need to take it so your symptoms will get better. This conversation between a patient and a nurse is an example of a conflict between which two types of ethical principles?
A) Autonomy and justice
B) Paternalism and veracity
C) Justice and nonmaleficence
D) Autonomy and beneficence

underwood14 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 19, 2018

Answer to Question 1

D
A return to the precrisis level of functioning is the expected outcome for crisis intervention.

Answer to Question 2

D