A community mental health nurse working with a family demonstrating emotional abuse of a child
by the father has put several interventions in place designed to stabilize the home and maintain a
violence-free atmosphere.
Several weeks later the child tells the nurse that his parents and all the
children go to a clinic and talk to a man about how to get along. He says the man asked him how he
felt when his dad called him stupid, and that his dad cried when the child described feeling
awful.. The child is describing the type of therapy called
a. Parents Anonymous.
b. group therapy.
c. family therapy.
d. individual therapy.
Question 2
A nurse was battered by an assaultive client. Although no bones were broken, she sustained several
facial contusions.
Afterward she had difficulty sleeping, startled easily, admitted to being
preoccupied with thoughts about the incident, and stated she dreaded having to face intimidating
clients. Which response would be considered the most urgent reason to seek supervision?
a. Sleep pattern disturbance
b. Startle reactions
c. Preoccupation with the incident
d. A wish for revenge
The patient and his family meet with the nurse to discuss progress on the patient care plan.
The nurse conducts the health history as the first step in the nursing assessment
A nurse prepares a client for anesthesia and surgery.
Child development varies and is hard to predict
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