Clients who are experiencing delusions, obsessions, phobias, ...

[melina_rosy]

Clients who are experiencing delusions, obsessions, phobias, preoccupation, amnesia, or confabulations are said to have disorders of
 
  1. emotions.
  2. judgment.
  3. thinking.
  4. perception.

Question 2

The nurse is answering questions from a client and his family regarding a recent diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease. The client asks how effective medication is in treating the disease. What is the nurse's best response?
 
  a. There is no cure or treatment for Alzheimer's disease.
  b. Medications have shown little improvement in symptoms.
  c. Medications for the disease have been found to improve thinking abilities, behavior, and daily functioning in some clients.
  d. Alternative therapies, such as co-enzyme Q-10 and ginkgo biloba, are more effective than any of the prescription medications used to treat the symptoms.

[sylvia]

Answer to Question 1

3
Clients with disorders of thought content may be experiencing delusions, obsessions, pho-bias, preoccupations, amnesia, or confabulations.

Answer to Question 2

C
The most accurate statement is to say that medications have been found to improve thinking abilities, behavior, and daily functioning in some clients. Although no cure for the disease is known, it is inaccurate to say that there is no treatment. To say that medications have produced little improvement in symptoms is misleading because it sounds as though medications are not effective. Stating that alternative therapies are more effective is inaccurate because these therapies are still under investigation for determination of their effectiveness in treating symptoms of the disease

[melina_rosy]

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[sylvia]

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