When meeting with a client for the first time, the ...

[hubes95]

When meeting with a client for the first time, the psychiatricmental health nurse applying psychobiological principles is most likely to make which of the following statements?
 
  1. Your abnormal behavior is directly related to living in an unsupportive environment.
  2. You have a brain lesion and can expect to be hospitalized many times over the course of your life.
  3. We are thoroughly assessing your symptoms because an accurate diagnosis is the basis of your treatment.
  4. It is fairly certain that your children will feel stigmatized by their peers.

Question 2

A client with a high level of anxiety asks the nurse for suggestions to decrease stress. The nurse suggests which of the following successful stress management strategies? Standard Text: Select all that apply.
 
  1. Passive progressive relaxation
  2. Playing preferred music
  3. Body scanning
  4. Eye movement desensitization reprocessing (EMDR)
  5. Racing nonstop throughout the day

[shayla]

Answer to Question 1

3
Rationale: Individuals with mental disorders have an illness characterized by structural, biochemical, and mental symptoms that can be diagnosed, classified, and labeled. Accurate assessment and diagnosis are required for treatment. The nurse who links environmental cause to symptoms in an initial meeting is not demonstrating knowledge of psychobiologic principles. The course and prognosis of a mental illness must be determined after an accurate diagnosis is made. Psychobiologic explanations of mental disorders often decrease the stigma associated with them.

Answer to Question 2

1,2,3
Rationale: Passive progressive relaxation. The goal is to focus on relaxing the muscles without tightening them first. Focusing on relaxing the entire body has the potential to elicit the relaxation response. At the least, it is a distraction technique that can interrupt the stress response.

[hubes95]

Thank you

[shayla]

Happy to help you