Which of the following client behaviors should suggest to the ...

[karlynnae]

Which of the following client behaviors should suggest to the nurse that a client needs interven-tion and treatment? The individual who:
 
  1. Shoplifts and is arrested and jailed
  2. Loses a clerical position, then volunteers in a social agency to maintain skills
  3. Loses his wife in an accident and resumes his usual activities within a week
  4. Is depressed and unable to work or assume family responsibilities

Question 2

A layperson states, With all the new information about psychiatric disorders, the need for psy-chiatric nurses will be drastically reduced. The response by the nurse that shows the best under-standing of current patterns of psychiatric disease burden is
 
  1. You make an excellent point about needing fewer psychiatric nurses.
  2. My understanding indicates that the need for psychiatric nurses will remain sta-ble.
  3. Disability from mental illness has been seriously overestimated in the past few years.
  4. The current number of psychiatric nurses is projected to be insufficient to meet future needs.

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Answer to Question 1

ANS: 4
Mental health implies absence of signs and symptoms of mental disorder and freedom from ex-cessive mental and emotional disability and pain. Depression and inability to work or assume family responsibilities suggests emotional pain and disability. Option 1 is criminal behavior rather than mental illness. Option 2 is adaptive behavior. Option 3 is within the range of normal behav-ior associated with grief work.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: 4
The Global Burden of Disease and Injury Study reports the burden of psychiatric diseases has been seriously underestimated in the past. Present numbers of psychiatric nurses are insufficient, and the projections of need for the year 2020 suggest an even greater shortage.