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nelaaney · **on:** Jul 19, 2018

The assumption that will be most useful to the nurse planning crisis intervention for any client who
is experiencing a crisis is that the client

a. is experiencing a type of mental illness.
b. is experiencing a state of disequilibrium.
c. has high potential for self-injury.
d. poses a threat of violence to others.

Question 2

A client's blood alcohol level is 100 mg/dL (0.10 mg). He is clumsy and slightly off balance as he
performs the roadside sobriety tests. A second client's blood alcohol level is 300 mg/dL (0.30 mg).

He is clumsy and slightly off balance as he performs the roadside sobriety tests, but not appreciably
more affected than the other client. How can this be accounted for?
a. The second client is an alcohol-tolerant person.
b. The first client is an alcohol-tolerant person.
c. The second client takes disulfiram.
d. The first client takes naltrexone.

momo1250 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 19, 2018

Answer to Question 1

B
The only answer universally true for all clients in crisis is option B. A crisis represents a struggle for
equilibrium when problems seem unsolvable. Option A: Crisis does not reflect mental illness.
Options C and D: Potential for self-violence or other-directed violence may or may not be factors in
crisis.

Answer to Question 2

A
An individual who has developed a tolerance for a drug will show fewer signs of intoxication than a
nontolerant person who has used the same amount of the drug. Options C and D: Neither disulfiram
nor naltrexone use would account for the similarity in behaviors.