A client in the psychiatric hospital for stabilization tells the ...

[magmichele12]

A client in the psychiatric hospital for stabilization tells the nurse that a panic attack is coming on. What should the nurse ask this client?
 
  1. Are you feeling tired?
  2. Are you having a pounding heart rate?
  3. Are you having problems urinating?
  4. Are you constipated?

Question 2

The nurse is preparing to assess a client with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). While taking the nursing history, the nurse should identify which behavior that is characteristic of the disorder?
 
  1. The client has difficulty expressing her thoughts.
  2. The client appears to be choking.
  3. The client is rearranging the magazines in the office.
  4. The client has flight of ideas.

[aham8f]

Answer to Question 1

Answer: 2

1. The client experiencing a panic attack is not tired but agitated, and might be pacing.
2. The client with panic disorder experiences similar symptoms to those of a myocardial infarction during an acute attack. A classic description is a pounding heart rate.
3. Problems with urination are not a symptom of panic attack.
4. The client with a panic attack is not constipated as a manifestation.

Answer to Question 2

Answer: 3

1. Difficulty expressing thoughts might be seen in schizophrenia, not OCD.
2. A client who has feelings of choking is likely experiencing a panic attack.
3. The client with OCD is overly concerned with order or germs.
4. Flight of ideas can be seen in the manic phase of bipolar disorder.

[magmichele12]

Thank you

[aham8f]

No problemo