Author Question: The mother of a child with Asperger's disorder tells the nurse that her child has few playmates ... (Read 104 times)

strangeaffliction · **on:** Jul 19, 2018

The mother of a child with Asperger's disorder tells the nurse that her child has few playmates because of such poor skills around other children and rejection of any change in routines. A priority nursing diagnosis for this child and family is:

A) Self-Care Deficits related to tantrums.
B) Risk for Injury related to Asperger's disorder.
C) Ineffective Family Coping related to having a child with Asperger's disorder.
D) Risk for Social Isolation related to poor social skills of the child.

Question 2

A nursing instructor is explaining to a group of nursing students that in addition to facing the stigma associated with being mentally ill, forensic clients who are mentally ill also experience the stigma associated with being a criminal.

One of the students asks the instructor how the stigma associated with criminality might influence nursing care. Which response by the instructor would be most appropriate?
A) Nurses may be reluctant to care for mentally ill criminals because of unrealistic fears for their own safety and that of their other clients.
B) Nurses may prefer to care for forensic clients because they do not believe criminals can be mentally ill.
C) An example would be volunteering to work only with forensic clients because of the belief that forensic clients experience only mild mental health problems.
D) An example would be unfounded fear of what such clients might do after they are discharged from treatment.