Author Question: The heart of the psychiatricmental health nurse's therapeutic and caring role is characterized by: ... (Read 88 times)

Medesa · **on:** Jul 19, 2018

The heart of the psychiatricmental health nurse's therapeutic and caring role is characterized by:

1. Bringing unconscious childhood traumas into awareness.
2. Focusing on basic life issues of eating, sleeping, grooming, and hygiene as they relate to mental functioning.
3. Using the nurseclient relationship to support the client in exploring new definitions and actions for life situations.
4. Providing educational information about the client's mental illness.

Question 2

A client with an eating disorder is in the demographic group that represents those at highest risk for developing an eating disorder. The client is a/an:

1. Male.
2. Older adult.
3. Child.
4. Female.

komodo7 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 19, 2018

Answer to Question 1

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Rationale: The humanistic use of self includes helping clients redefine their experiences in more satisfying ways, learn new patterns of coping with stress, and generally enhancing the quality of their lives and social worlds. Focusing on physical functioning is part of, but not the essence of, the therapeutic relationship. Unless educated in psychoanalysis, nurses do not focus on uncovering unconscious experiences. Psychoeducation is part of the nursing role, but not the main focus of the nurseclient therapeutic relationship.

Answer to Question 2

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Rationale: Clinical eating disorders are more commonly seen among females, with estimates of a malefemale ratio ranging from 1:6 to 1:10. However, screening and prevention programs should be aimed at adolescents and youth of all sexual orientations, ethnicities, and cultural groups as the Western shift toward glamorizing thinness is now being seen cross-culturally and is rising in young males, but is still outnumbered by 1:61:10 for males to females.