Which of the following individuals are communicating a message? ...

[jilianpiloj]

Which of the following individuals are communicating a message? (Select all that apply.)
 
  1. A mother spanking her son for playing with matches
  2. A teenage boy isolating himself and playing loud music
  3. A biker sporting an eagle tattoo on his biceps
  4. A teenage girl writing, No one understands me
  5. A father checking for new e-mail on a regular basis

Question 2

A nursing instructor is teaching about the DSM-5 diagnosis of depersonalization-derealization disorder (D-DD). Which student statement indicates a need for further instruction?
 
  1. Clients with this disorder can experience emotional and/or physical numbing and a distorted sense of time.
  2. Clients with this disorder can experience unreality or detachment with respect to their surroundings.
  3. During the course of this disorder, individuals or objects are experienced as dreamlike, foggy, lifeless, or visually distorted.
  4. During the course of this disorder, the client is out of touch with reality and is impaired in social, occupational, or other areas of functioning.

[reelove4eva]

Answer to Question 1

1, 2, 3, 4
Rationale: The nurse should determine that spanking, isolating, getting tattoos, and writing are all ways in which people communicate messages to others. It is estimated that about 70 to80 of communication is nonverbal.

Answer to Question 2

4
Rationale: D-DD is characterized by a temporary change in the quality of self-awareness, which often takes the form of feelings of unreality, changes in body image, feelings of detachment from the environment, or a sense of observing oneself from outside the body. Depersonalization (a disturbance in the perception of oneself) is differentiated from derealization, which describes an alteration in the perception of the external environment. The DSM-5 states that during the depersonalization and/or derealization experiences, reality testing remains intact. This student statement indicates a need for further instruction.