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stevenposner

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A confused elderly nursing home client is in bed sleeping. When the nurse makes rounds, she enters
  the room quietly and reaches under the top sheet to feel the bottom sheet to see if it is wet.
 
  The client
  awakens and strikes out, hitting the nurse in the face. The statement best explaining the client's
  action is
  a. elderly clients often demonstrate exaggerations of behaviors used earlier in life.
  b. the client learned violent behavior by watching excessive television violence.
  c. the client interpreted the health care worker's behavior as potentially harmful.
  d. the crowding that occurs in nursing homes increases individual tendencies toward
  violence.

Question 2

A client was abducted and raped at gunpoint by an unknown assailant. When found she was
  confused and disoriented. The client tells the nurse I cannot talk about it Nothing happened.
 
  I have
  to forget The client's present coping strategy can be assessed as
  a. use of a somatic reaction.
  b. use of denial.
  c. phobia development.
  d. desire for revenge.



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flannelavenger

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Answer to Question 1

C
Confused clients are not always able to evaluate the actions of others accurately. This client behaved
as though provoked by the intrusive actions of the staff.

Answer to Question 2

B
The patient's statements reflect use of the ego defense mechanism denial. This mechanism may be
unconsciously used to protect the person from the emotionally overwhelming reality of the rape. The
client's statements do not reflect somatic symptoms, phobias, or desire for revenge.




stevenposner

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Reply 2 on: Jul 19, 2018
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it


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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Wow, this really help

 

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