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chads108 · **on:** Jul 19, 2018

The psychiatric forensic nurse describes her work as follows: I apply my knowledge of
psychopathology as I investigate and reconstruct the crime and attempt to understand the criminal's
reasoning process.

This allows me to compile information on the type of individual who would have
committed the crime.. The work the nurse describes is
a. forensic examiner.
b. competency therapist.
c. hostage negotiator.
d. criminal profiler.

Question 2

The inpatient group is meeting in the solarium. The group is discussing aftercare. A client tells the
group about the activities of a psychosocial club for former inpatients.

She explains the club's
purpose, the referral process, and the club's location. In this interaction the client has taken the role
of
a. harmonizer.
b. evaluator.
c. information giver.
d. procedural technician.

ghepp · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 19, 2018

Answer to Question 1

D
Criminal profilers attempt to provide law enforcement with specific information and the type of
individual who would have committed a certain crime. Profilers use behavioral and psychological
indicators left at violent crime scenes and apply their understanding of psychopathology, attempt to
reconstruct the crime, formulate hypotheses, and develop a profile, which is then tested against
known data. The other options refer to roles the psychiatric forensic nurse may fill, but none of these
roles fits the description given in the scenario.

Answer to Question 2

C
Group roles refer to the parts various members play within the group. The client was acting as an
information giver as she explained facts about a psychosocial club to the group as part of a
discussion of aftercare. Harmonizers mediate conflicts. Evaluators measure group work against a
standard. The procedural technician role is to assist by taking on tasks such as arranging chairs or
passing out papers.