Your neighbor, a 25-year-old friend of yours, was beaten severely by a group of young men after a basketball game. One day later, his mother is frantic. He has disappeared. One month later, the police in another state call. They have found him.
Your friend is returned home but recognizes nobody and does not recall the incident. He most like has: (SELECT ALL ANSWERS THAT APPLY)
A) Psychogenic fugue
B) Psychogenic amnesia
C) Depersonalization disorder
D) Dissociative identity disorder
E) Schizophrenia
F) Dementia
Question 2
A parent presents at the clinic with a 4-year-old child. The child is crying and pacing. The parent states, I can't take this any more, and leaves the child alone with you. You see in the child's chart that he or she has an anxiety disorder.
Your best immediate nursing intervention is:
A) Remain there, in close contact with the child.
B) Ask the child what the problem is.
C) Tell the child to be quiet; other patients are complaining.
D) Divert the child's attention to a game or toy.