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kaid0807 · **on:** Jul 19, 2018

What is the best action by the nurse to intervene effectively with patients who have been diagnosed with somatic symptom disorder?

1. Address patient's anxiety at a later time.
2. Help the patient express a decreased degree of comfort regarding physical symptoms.
3. Encourage the patient's expression of feelings symbolically through physical symptoms.
4. Recognize and understand the patient conceptualizes the symptoms to be physical in nature.

Question 2

The nurse taking care of a patient with a diagnosis of dissociative identity disorder is developing a plan of care. The nurse knows that which nursing diagnoses relate to the patient's diagnosis?

1. Nutrition, Impaired
2. Parenting, Impaired
3. Body Image, Disturbed
4. Pain, Related to violence

Bigfoot1984 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 19, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Answer: 4
Explanation: The nurse should recognize and understand the patient conceptualizes the symptoms to be physical in nature. The nurse should not encourage expression of feelings symbolically through physical symptoms. Patient anxiety should be addressed immediately, not at a later time. The patient should express an increased, not decreased, degree of comfort regarding physical symptoms.

Answer to Question 2

Answer: 2
Explanation: Nursing diagnoses for patients with dissociative disorder are based on safety level and patient's current intensity of dissociation and amnesia. Patients who are parents may experiencing impairment of their parenting abilities as a result of the disorder. Other appropriate nursing diagnoses include: Suicide, Risk for; Violence: Self-Directed, Risk for; Self-Mutilation; Personal Identity: Disturbed; Fear; Hopelessness; and Powerlessness. All other answer choices are not related to dissociative disorder.