Author Question: A 19-year-old male client is being treated for a drug addiction. He continually voices his dread of ... (Read 75 times)

audragclark · **on:** Jul 19, 2018

A 19-year-old male client is being treated for a drug addiction. He continually voices his dread of being discharged because he knows he will have to live with his parents and follow their rules until he can earn enough money to live on his own.

He is showing increasing resistance to treatment measures, such as attending group sessions, but is refusing to acknowledge that he has an addiction or that he needs treatment. Which behavior is the client demonstrating? a. Transference
b. Primary resistance
c. Secondary resistance
d. Tertiary resistance

Question 2

A client asks, Why does a rapist use a weapon during the act of rape? Which is the most appropriate nursing response?

1. To decrease the victimizer's insecurity.
2. To inflict physical harm with the weapon.
3. To terrorize and subdue the victim.
4. To mirror learned family behavior patterns related to weapons.

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

Answer to Question 1

C
This is an example of secondary resistance in view of the fact that the client is displaying behaviors that will prolong his discharge from the facility, in an attempt to avoid his perception of the unpleasant living situation that awaits him upon discharge. Transference is a client's emotional response, based on earlier relationships, to the care provider. Primary resistance refers to simple avoidance of change or admitting the need for change. Tertiary resistance is not a used term.

Answer to Question 2

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Rationale: The nurse should explain that a rapist uses weapons to terrorize and subdue the victim. Rape is the expression of power and dominance by means of sexual violence. Rape can occur over a broad spectrum of experience, from violent attack to insistence on sexual intercourse by an acquaintance or spouse.