Author Question: A client with dementia is exhibiting behavioral problems. Every day at change of shift, the client ... (Read 55 times)

sheilaspns · **on:** Jul 19, 2018

A client with dementia is exhibiting behavioral problems. Every day at change of shift, the client paces up and down the halls, murmuring to himself. The behavior then escalates to screaming and rolling around on the floor.

Which should be a nurse's priority intervention when caring for this client??
A) Consult the psychiatrist.
B) Medicate the client with prn (as-needed) medications.
C) Consider the environmental triggers and the client's possible unmet needs.
D) Recommend electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) treatments.

Question 2

A mother asks the nurse how to stop her 5-year-old son from throwing temper tantrums every time they go to the grocery store. According to the behaviorist theoretical approach, the nurse's response would be to instruct the mother to:

a. make sure he is secured in the cart
b. encourage him to express his needs
c. ignore the behavior and focus on the shopping list
d. give him a cookie to be quiet

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

Answer to Question 1

C

Answer to Question 2

C
By ignoring the behavior, the mother would implement a behavioral approach of extension. Extinction of undesirable behaviors is a result of withdrawal of attention from those behaviors. In this situation the behavior is the temper tantrum.