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MGLQZ

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on: Jul 19, 2018
How can the mental health nurse best advocate for individuals with mental illness and prevent stigmatization?
 
  A) By emphasizing the creativity and freedom that accompany a mental illness
  B) By emphasizing that all people with mental illness can eventually be cured
  C) By tactfully correcting misperceptions about abnormal behavior and mental illness
  D) By informing people that most mental illness is actually a manifestation of substance abuse

Question 2

Mrs. Ames is a 68-year-old widow who shares her house with her son Aaron, a 39-year-old man who has a diagnosis of bipolar disorder.
 
  Aaron has been experiencing increasingly serious exacerbations of his illness, and the unpredictability of his condition, combined with the fact that she is his sole caregiver, has left her feeling exhausted and defeated. The nurse would recognize that Mrs. Ames is at risk for what?
 
  A) Bipolar disorder
  B) Compassion fatigue
  C) Failure to thrive
  D) Decompensation


frankwu0507

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Reply #1 on: Jul 19, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Ans: C
There are several perceptions about mental illness and abnormal behavior that have the power to contribute to stigmatization. The nurse should counter these perceptions. It would be inaccurate to characterize mental illness as a positive experience, to state that all people with mental illness can be cured, or to attribute mental illness to substance abuse.

Answer to Question 2

Ans: B
Compassion fatigue, also referred to by many as burnout, may occur when one provides care for others but loses the ability to take care of oneself.


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