For a substance-abusing client, the most appropriate nursing goal ...

[clmills979]

For a substance-abusing client, the most appropriate nursing goal is to:
 
  1. Assume responsibility for the choice to use substances.
  2. Allow family to determine the plan of intervention.
  3. Use acceptable amounts of legal substances.
  4. Learn to avoid feelings of low self-esteem.

Question 2

Which of the following statements best reflects the nurse's comprehensive understanding of medicalpsychobiolog ic theories?
 
  1. Psychobiologic explanations of mental disorders do little to decrease the stigma associated with mental illness.
  2. Individuals suffering from emotional disturbances have complex personalities that require changes in their motivation and willingness to comply with treatment.
  3. Mental disorders rarely respond to physical or somatic treatments.
  4. Mental disorders have characteristic structural, biochemical, and mental symptoms that can be diagnosed, run a characteristic course, and have a particular prognosis for recovery.

[Ahnyah]

Answer to Question 1

1
Rationale: A substance-abusing client has to assume responsibility for personal choices and determine the plan of interventions. Avoidance of feelings is not a therapeutic goal for substance abusers. Continued use of substances, legal or not, is not an appropriate goal for a substance-abusing client.

Answer to Question 2

4
Rationale: Psychobiologic theory views mental illnesses as having characteristic structural, biochemical, and mental symptoms that can be diagnosed, classified and labeled, running a characteristic course, and having a particular prognosis for recovery. They respond to physical or somatic treatments, including drugs, chemicals, hormones, diet, or surgery. Psychobiologic explanations are beginning to offset the myths that mental disorders result from a lack of willpower or from flawed moral character and have reduced the stigma associated with them.