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javeds · **on:** Jul 19, 2018

The client, a CEO of a large financial firm, is admitted to the unit for pneumonia. Although he is quite ill, he insists on setting up his room as an office, with a computer, modem, and fax near his bed. The client is establishing his

1. territory.
2. hierarchy.
3. role as a patient.
4. need for dominance.

Question 2

The parent of a child with schizophrenia tearfully asks the nurse, What could I have done differently to prevent this illness? Select the nurse's best response.

a. Although schizophrenia results from impaired family relationships, try not to feel guilty. No one can predict how a child will respond to parental guidance.
b. Schizophrenia is a biological illness resulting from changes in how the brain and nervous system function. You are not to blame for your child's illness.
c. There is still hope. Changing your parenting style can help your child learn to cope effectively with the environment.
d. Most mental illnesses result from genetic inheritance. Your genes are more at fault than your parenting.

bimper21 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 19, 2018

Answer to Question 1

1
Territoriality is the need to gain control over an area and claim it for oneself.

Answer to Question 2

B
The parent's comment suggests feelings of guilt or inadequacy. The nurse's response should address these feelings as well as provide information. Patients and families need reassurance that the major mental disorders are biological in origin and are not the fault of parents. One distracter places the burden of having faulty genes on the shoulders of the parents. The other distracters are neither wholly accurate nor reassuring.