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xclash

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on: Jul 19, 2018
A client, aged 15 years, has been referred to the adolescent mental health clinic by the juvenile court
  after being arrested for prostitution. She has run away from home several times and has lived in
  homeless shelters.
 
  Her parents told the court they could not manage her, that she was physically
  abusive to her mother and defiant and hostile to her father. The client tells the nurse she hates her
  parents because they focus attention on her older brother who is simply perfect in their eyes.. A
  nursing diagnosis that can be identified for the client is
  a. ineffective coping related to seeking parental attention, as evidenced by acting
  out.
  b. chronic low self-esteem related to knowing her brother is the parental favorite.
  c. hopelessness related to feeling unloved by parents.
  d. disturbed personal identity related to living on the streets.

Question 2

A physiological forensic nurse would be most likely to be involved with
 
  a. assessing the victim of sexual assault.
  b. determining legal sanity of an alleged perpetrator.
  c. acting as a competency therapist.
  d. establishing a profile of a suspected serial rapist.


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mcabuhat

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Reply #1 on: Jul 19, 2018
Answer to Question 1

A
The client demonstrates an inability to problem solve by using adaptive behaviors to meet life's
demands and roles. The defining characteristics are not present for the other nursing diagnoses
listed. The client has never mentioned hopelessness, low self-esteem, or disturbed personal identity.

Answer to Question 2

A
Physiological forensic nurses focus on the application of forensic aspects of health care in the
investigation and treatment of trauma and medicolegal issues. They often work as abuse specialists,
coroners, or death investigators. Psychiatric forensic nurses assume the roles listed in options B, C,
and D.


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Reply #2 on: Jul 19, 2018
Thank you


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Reply #3 on: Jul 19, 2018
No problemo


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