The outcome of crisis intervention therapy that should be identified for a patient who has been apathetic, fatigued, and feeling helpless since the recent birth of her baby is that she will:
a. experience reduced anxiety.
b. undergo personality change.
c. identify the need for a support system.
d. return to the precrisis level of functioning.
Question 2
James Taylor, a 22-year-old psychiatric patient with schizophrenia, is refusing his antipsychotic medication. He states, I don't like the dopey way it makes me feel. I feel like I'm walking under water when I take it.
The nurse explains to him, Your schizophrenia is caused by a chemical imbalance in your brain, and this medication helps fix that chemical imbalance. You need to take it so your symptoms will get better. This conversation between a patient and a nurse is an example of a conflict between which two types of ethical principles?
A) Autonomy and justice
B) Paternalism and veracity
C) Justice and nonmaleficence
D) Autonomy and beneficence
The tone of the nurse-patient introduction sets the stage for the patient interview and patient care
Example of a patient statement.
Positioning the Patient in the Prone Position
Electroconvulsive therapy.
Calipers being used to measure body fat on the triceps of a patient.
Genetic therapy for mice with sickle cell disease