An individual's ability to respond to a stressor is known as ...

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An individual's ability to respond to a stressor is known as ___________________ _.
 
  Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

Question 2

A homeless client referred to the mental health clinic after discharge from the local county hospital. He tells the nurse that he was discharged on Prolixin for his schizophrenia, but he usually forgets to take his medication.
 
  As the client's advocate, the nurse should do which of the following? a. Tell him to crush the pill and add it to the his food.
  b. Tell him not to worry and to just take the pills when he remembers.
  c. Request that the physician discontinue the medication.
  d. Request that the physician write an order for a long-acting injectable form of the medication.

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Answer to Question 1

adaptive energy

Answer to Question 2

D
The nurse's action would be to request that the physician order a long-acting form of the medication. This would address the client's issue of forgetting to take his pill. Long-acting injections can last from 2 to 4 weeks.