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rachel9 · **on:** Jul 19, 2018

A short-term goal that can be identified for a client completing a fourth alcohol detoxification program in one year is that the client will:

A) State an understanding of the need for ongoing treatment.
B) Identify constructive outlets for stress.
C) Develop a treatment relationship with another client.
D) Use denial and rationalization in a healthier way.

Question 2

An involuntary client being treated for an acute exacerbation of paranoid schizophrenia refuses his morning dose of medication. The nurse is frustrated and wonders if the client will ever develop insight.

What aspects of biological psychiatry could help reframe the client's behavior for the nurse? A) The frontal and parietal lobe involvement in schizophrenia can cause an unawareness of the illness or the
need to take medications.
B) The client's brain chemistry is altered and medications will help.
C) Adhering to the client's medication regimen is a priority to the nursing care.
D) The client is not responsible for the behavior.