Which statement would help the nurse conclude that a patient with ...

[809779]

Which statement would help the nurse conclude that a patient with an eating disorder is exhibiting cognitive distortion?
 
  a. I see now that I need to establish my own preferences and routines..
  b. Bingeing makes my feelings of both isolation and loneliness go away..
  c. Controlling what I eat has been a way for me to exert control over my life..
  d. I need to watch for hunger and fatigue as triggers for my eating disorder..

Question 2

A patient demonstrates disoriented thinking and irrational ideas. A nurse can anticipate that a PET scan would most likely show dysfunction in the brain's _____ lobe.
 
  a. frontal
  b. parietal
  c. occipital
  d. temporal

[kxciann]

Answer to Question 1

B
Cognitive distortions are personal beliefs that lack logic and are not reflective of reality. Bingeing is a maladaptive eating response to feelings of isolation and loneliness and is not a cure for those feelings in spite of the patient's belief. The other statements do not represent cognitive distortions since they are logical and based in reality.

Answer to Question 2

A
The frontal lobe is responsible primarily for intellectual functioning, including learning, abstracting, reasoning, and inhibition of impulses.

[809779]

Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

[helenmarkerine]

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