A family has noted these behaviors in their elderly parent: ...

[Pea0909berry]

A family has noted these behaviors in their elderly parent: periodic indecisiveness, forgetfulness, mild transient confusion, occasional misperception, distractibility, and occasional unclear thinking.
 
  Where on the continuum of cognitive responses would this patient be?
  Adaptive responses Maladaptive responses
   1 2 3
  a. At point 1
  b. At point 2
  c. At point 3

Question 2

A nurse caring for a patient suspects that the patient has a personality disorder in addition to presenting with maladaptive stress response. To confirm this, the nurse would look in the patient's medical record on the DSM-IV-TR Axis:
 
  a. I.
  b. II.
  c. IV.
  d. V.

[janieazgirl]

Answer to Question 1

B
The behaviors noted are neither adaptive nor totally maladaptive.

Answer to Question 2

B
Axis II of the DSM-IV-TR will confirm or deny the presence of a diagnosed personality disorder.

[Pea0909berry]

Excellent

[juliaf]

Great answer, keep it coming