Author Question: A nurse therapist is working with a young woman who was the victim of a sexual assault several weeks ... (Read 53 times)

pane00

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 579
A nurse therapist is working with a young woman who was the victim of a sexual assault several weeks ago. Which of the following statements to the woman and her boyfriend would constitute an affective intervention?
 
  A) Your relationship will be even stronger if you can successfully work thorough this trauma.
  B) When either of you start to feel your anxiety build, practice slow, deep breathing until you feel more relaxed.
  C) I can see this is very difficult. How do you each feel when you are together intimately?
  D) What would you think about joining a support group to provide you with some more assistance?

Question 2

The nurse is working with a family who has indicated a desire to solve conflict more effectively. In response, the nurse role-plays relevant communication techniques with each family member.
 
  This is an example of which type of family intervention?
  A) Cognitive
  B) Affective
  C) Behavioral
  D) Advocacy



isabelt_18

  • Sr. Member
  • ****
  • Posts: 342
Answer to Question 1

Ans: C
Feedback:
Nursing interventions in the affective domain focus on easing emotional pain to enable the family to focus on problem solving. Nurses can assist family members to communicate with one another their thoughts and fears about their current health stress or crisis.

Answer to Question 2

Ans: C
Feedback:
Behavioral interventions assist family members to interact with one another differently.



Related Topics

Need homework help now?

Ask unlimited questions for free

Ask a Question
 

Did you know?

The calories found in one piece of cherry cheesecake could light a 60-watt light bulb for 1.5 hours.

Did you know?

The Babylonians wrote numbers in a system that used 60 as the base value rather than the number 10. They did not have a symbol for "zero."

Did you know?

The use of salicylates dates back 2,500 years to Hippocrates’s recommendation of willow bark (from which a salicylate is derived) as an aid to the pains of childbirth. However, overdosage of salicylates can harm body fluids, electrolytes, the CNS, the GI tract, the ears, the lungs, the blood, the liver, and the kidneys and cause coma or death.

Did you know?

Amphetamine poisoning can cause intravascular coagulation, circulatory collapse, rhabdomyolysis, ischemic colitis, acute psychosis, hyperthermia, respiratory distress syndrome, and pericarditis.

Did you know?

Increased intake of vitamin D has been shown to reduce fractures up to 25% in older people.

For a complete list of videos, visit our video library