A client is admitted to the inpatient adult psychology unit with ...

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A client is admitted to the inpatient adult psychology unit with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). When assessing the cause, the nurse can identify which of the following to be the result of psychological trauma? Select all that apply.
 
  A) Experienced abuse from a former partner
  B) Was raped while walking home from work one evening
  C) Lost their mother, with whom they had very close to relationship
  D) Had a car accident in which they suffered head trauma
  E) Regularly cuts their wrists as a form of self-inflected trauma

Question 2

A nurse is assessing a client with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Which of the following would the nurse categorize as reflecting intrusion? Select all that apply.
 
  A) Irritability
  B) Difficulty sleeping
  C) Flashbacks
  D) Acting as if the event is reoccurring
  E) Dissociation

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Answer to Question 1

Ans: A, B, C
Harassment, embarrassment, child abuse, sexual abuse, employment discrimination, police brutality, bullying, and domestic violence are examples of events that can lead to psychological trauma. Family violence, loss of family members, acts of terrorism, and natural disasters are all traumatic events. Physical trauma may result from bodily injury resulting from an accident, self-inflicted damage, or violence perpetrated by others. Automobile accidents are a major threat to adolescents. Self-inflicted physical trauma is often associated with mental disorders.

Answer to Question 2

Ans: C, D
Intrusion is reflected by flashbacks and nightmares as well as altered memory function. Intrusive symptoms also include dissociative reactions (feeling or acting as if the event is reoccurring). Irritability and difficulty sleeping reflect hyperarousal. Dissociation reflects avoidance and numbing.

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