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A client with a 2-month-old child is experiencing insomnia, mood swings, and crying. Based on this data, which would the nurse anticipate the client would benefit from receiving?
 
  Select all that apply.
  A) Electroconvulsive therapy
  B) Psychosocial interventions
  C) Antidepressants
  D) Time management and exercise therapy
  E) Cognitive-behavioral therapy

Question 2

The nurse is caring for a homosexual client who has just died due to complication associated with acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). The client's partner is still in the room and is dry-eyed and exhibiting somber behavior.
 
  The nurse offers condolences to the partner, realizing that the partner expects which to occur?
  A) The client's family will want to grieve with him.
  B) The partner will want support from those around him on the unit.
  C) The community will not allow the partner to grieve openly.
  D) The boss at work will be supportive of bereavement leave.



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Answer to Question 1

Answer: B, C

The client is demonstrating signs of postpartum depression as evidenced by the mood swings, insomnia, and crying. Treatment for this disorder includes antidepressants and psychosocial interventions. Electroconvulsive therapy would be indicated for some cases of depression but not for postpartum depression. Cognitive-behavioral therapy would be indicated for depression but not postpartum depression. Time management and exercise therapy would not be beneficial for a client experiencing postpartum depression.

Answer to Question 2

Answer: C

The nurse realizes that the client's partner may be a victim of disenfranchised grief and expects that no one will acknowledge that the partner is grieving or offer support. The nurse extends condolences appropriately. The expectation of the gay partner is that the community, the partner's family, and the workplace will all ignore the validity of his grief.



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