Author Question: A nurse on an inpatient unit helps a client understand the significance of treatments, and provides ... (Read 55 times)

saliriagwu · **on:** Jul 19, 2018

A nurse on an inpatient unit helps a client understand the significance of treatments, and provides the client with copies of all documents related to the plan of care. This nurse is employing which commitment in the Tidal Model of Recovery?

1. Know that Change Is Constant
2. Reveal Personal Wisdom
3. Be Transparent
4. Give the Gift of Time

Question 2

A nurse assesses an adolescent client diagnosed with conduct disorder who, at the age of 8, was sentenced to juvenile detention. How should the nurse interpret this assessment data?

1. Childhood-onset conduct disorder is more severe than the adolescent-onset type, and these individuals likely develop antisocial personality disorder in adulthood.
2. Childhood-onset conduct disorder is caused by a difficult temperament, and the child is likely to outgrow these behaviors by adulthood.
3. Childhood-onset conduct disorder is diagnosed only when behaviors emerge before the age of 5, and, therefore, improvement is likely.
4. Childhood-onset conduct disorder has no treatment or cure, and children diagnosed with this disorder are likely to develop progressive oppositional defiant disorder.

sarah_brady415 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 19, 2018

Answer to Question 1

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Rationale: Barker & Buchanan-Barker developed a set of essential values termed the The 10 Tidal Commitments upon which the Tidal Model is based. They include: Value the Voice, Respect the Language, Develop Genuine Curiosity, Become the Apprentice, Use the Available Toolkit, Craft the Step Beyond, Give the Gift of Time, Reveal Personal Wisdom, Know that Change Is Constant, and Be Transparent. This nurse is employing the Be Transparent commitment.

Answer to Question 2

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Rationale: The nurse should determine that childhood-onset conduct disorder is more severe than adolescent-onset type. These individuals are likely to develop antisocial personality disorder in adulthood. Individuals with this subtype are usually boys and frequently display physical aggression and have disturbed peer relationships.