Author Question: A psychiatric nurse is caring for a client who is severely depressed. To promote self-esteem, which ... (Read 76 times)

geoffrey · **on:** Jul 19, 2018

A psychiatric nurse is caring for a client who is severely depressed. To promote self-esteem, which unit responsibilities could a nurse assign to this client?

A) Community Meeting President
B) Community Meeting Secretary
C) Watering the plants
D) Making the beds

Question 2

Suicide is associated with psychiatric illness in which of the following ways?

a. People who successfully commit suicide usually have a psychiatric diagnosis.
b. Clients with a psychiatric diagnosis are at increased risk for suicide.
c. People with depression are at lower risk for suicide.
d. Clients with a psychiatric diagnosis who attempt suicide are likely to be successful.

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

Answer to Question 1

C

Answer to Question 2

B
Individuals with a psychiatric diagnosis are at increased risk for suicide. An early Swedish study found that 93 of persons who completed suicide had previously received some kind of psychiatric diagnosis. Most studies suggest that depression is commonly associated with both completed suicides and suicide attempts. Psychiatric conditions that have high incidence of suicide include depression (both uipolar and bipolar), schizophrenia, alcoholism, drug abuse, panic disorder, personality disorders, and obsessive-compulsive disorder.