A patient diagnosed with schizophrenia is standing naked after ...

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A patient diagnosed with schizophrenia is standing naked after showering and appears dazed and indecisive. The nursing intervention that will be most helpful to promote dressing would be:
 
  a. saying, These are your clothes. Please get dressed..
  b. saying, These are your underpants. I'll help you put them on..
  c. asking, Which of these two outfits would you like to wear now?
  d. asking, Is something the matter with your clothes that makes you not want to dress?

Question 2

A nurse states, I plan ways for patients assigned to me to participate in their own care and to be actively involved in all of the activities on the unit.. This approach demonstrates the concept of:
 
  a. social accountability.
  b. therapeutic community.
  c. nurse-patient relationship.
  d. multidisciplinary mental health team.

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Answer to Question 1

B
When cognitive functioning is disrupted, a self-care deficit may be severe. The nurse may need to dress the patient. Each step of the process of dressing should be undertaken singly, and a simple explanation as to what is expected should be given.

Answer to Question 2

B
Maxwell Jones published The Therapeutic Community in 1953 . It encouraged making use of the patient's social environment as a means of providing therapeutic experiences.