Author Question: The nurse begins discharge planning measures with a hospitalized client: a. Near the time of ... (Read 109 times)

james9437 · **on:** Jul 19, 2018

The nurse begins discharge planning measures with a hospitalized client:

a. Near the time of discharge
b. At the time of admission
c. 3 days into the hospital stay
d. On the day before discharge

Question 2

A new nurse overhears the clinical specialist talking about trauma-informed care and asks for more information about it. What information would the clinical nurse specialist provide? Select all that apply.

a. Patients who are disruptive or aggressive often have been severely traumatized.
b. It is critical that our interventions do not themselves add to the patient's trauma.
c. Trauma is ever present in modern life, and patients cannot heal unless sheltered from it.
d. Trauma survivors self-sooth excessively, leading to narcissism and demanding behavior.
e. Trauma survivors are further traumatized by restraint and other coercive interventions.
f. The role of trauma in one's current life should be a focus in assessment and treatment.

yifu223 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 19, 2018

Answer to Question 1

B
Discharge planning should be initiated as soon as possible after the client is admitted so ample time is allowed to make necessary plans for discharge to home or to another facility. The other options will not allow sufficient time for this to occur.

Answer to Question 2

A, B, E, F
Trauma-informed care operates on several key principles. First, many people who act out have significant trauma histories, and such trauma histories may be hidden or underappreciated. Second, the experience of trauma makes the trauma survivor more susceptible to future trauma. Third, to be therapeutic, our interventions must themselves not be traumatizing to the trauma survivor. Fourth, a number of our interventions are in fact traumatizing, particularly those that are coercive or restrictive (e.g., restraints, involuntary intramuscular medications). However, although life is stressful, it is neither possible nor desirable to attempt to shield survivors of trauma from all the demands and trauma that might occur in life; such experiences can also lead to growth. Trauma survivors tend to have difficulty self-soothing when under stress and as a result are more likely to cope via maladaptive means.