Author Question: A nurse enters a client's room just as the client is drifting off to sleep. The client is initially ... (Read 106 times)

hubes95 · **on:** Jul 19, 2018

A nurse enters a client's room just as the client is drifting off to sleep. The client is initially startled by the nurse's presence and involuntarily jumps, grabbing the side rails of the bed.

Then, seeing that it is the nurse who is in the room, the client's brain turns off the stress response and the client calms. Which cerebral structure, sometimes referred to as the emotional brain, is the source of this reaction?
A) The cerebellum
B) The limbic system
C) The cerebral cortex
D) The left temporal lobe

Question 2

A psychiatric aide says, I don't know why that patient does all that silly giggling and posturing. It's senseless The best reply to this comment would address the psychiatric nursing principle that states:

a. every individual has the potential to change.
b. illness can be a growth-producing experience for the individual.
c. all behavior is meaningful, arising from personal needs and goals.
d. everyone has the right to self-determination that includes the pursuit of health.

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

Answer to Question 1

B

Answer to Question 2

C
This principle best addresses the aide's comment that the patient's behavior is senseless by explaining that all behavior has meaning that can be understood when the patient's internal frame of reference and the context of the situation are known.