Author Question: A survivor of rape presents in an emergency department crying, pacing, and cursing her attacker. A ... (Read 59 times)

silviawilliams41 · **on:** Jul 19, 2018

A survivor of rape presents in an emergency department crying, pacing, and cursing her attacker. A nurse should recognize these client actions as which behavioral defense?

1. Controlled response pattern
2. Compounded rape reaction
3. Expressed response pattern
4. Silent rape reaction

Question 2

A client asks the nurse which types of antidepressants have the fewest side effects. What is the nurse's most accurate response?

a. Tricyclic antidepressants
b. Nontricyclic antidepressants
c. Monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs)
d. Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs)

emilymalinowski12 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 19, 2018

Answer to Question 1

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Rationale: The nurse should recognize that this client is exhibiting an expressed response pattern. In the expressed response pattern, feelings of fear, anger, and anxiety are expressed through crying, sobbing, smiling, restlessness, and tension. In the controlled response pattern, the client's feelings are masked or hidden, and a calm, composed, or subdued affect is seen.

Answer to Question 2

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SSRIs are the most widely prescribed antidepressants now because of their low incidence of side effects. MAOIs are the last group of choice because of their severe and potentially fatal side effects.