Author Question: Under the recovery model, a nurse is more likely to work with a patient with a psychiatric disorder: ... (Read 55 times)

Garrulous · **on:** Jul 19, 2018

Under the recovery model, a nurse is more likely to work with a patient with a psychiatric disorder:

a. in a decision-making partnership.
b. by prescribing appropriate treatment.
c. with the assumption the patient is curable.
d. from the position of expecting compliance.

Question 2

A nurse is using a genogram as an intervention strategy based on the understanding of which of the following?

A) It provides information about appropriate methods for problem solving.
B) It allows the family to view its evolution over several generations.
C) It permits a subjective yet factual perspective of family relationships.
D) It provides a means for identifying the family's beliefs about mental illness.

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

Answer to Question 1

A
The patient-helper relationship in psychiatric rehabilitation is an adult-to-adult relationship that is more egalitarian and promotes choices and empowerment, whereas the traditional medical model uses an expert-to-patient relationship.

Answer to Question 2

B