Author Question: A nurse caring for a hospitalized suicidal patient on one-to-one supervision should initially focus ... (Read 58 times)

Alainaaa8 · **on:** Jul 19, 2018

A nurse caring for a hospitalized suicidal patient on one-to-one supervision should initially focus on:

a. mobilizing social support for the patient and family.
b. facilitating awareness, expression, and labeling of feelings.
c. helping the patient test new mechanisms for coping with stress.
d. talking to the patient about the effect suicide would have on family members.

Question 2

Clients who survive lengthy periods on mechanical ventilation may develop:

a. post-traumatic stress disorder
b. bipolar I disorder
c. paranoid personality disorder
d. narcolepsy

karlss · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 19, 2018

Answer to Question 1

B
Nursing care of suicidal patients should initially be directed toward protection, increasing patient self-esteem, and helping patients to become aware of their feelings, to label them, and to express them appropriately.

Answer to Question 2

A
The development of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has been observed in some patients who have been on mechanical ventilation devices for long periods of time. This experience may be very frightening for the client, in that there is a sensation of isolation and the client is unable to normally communicate with his or her family and the health care providers as a result of the ventilator. Nurses have sometimes referred to this as ICU syndrome.