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debasdf · **on:** Jul 19, 2018

A nurse who has been working on an adolescent psychiatry unit is aware of the need to implement self-care measures. Nurses who work in a pediatric psychiatricmental health facility should do which of the following?

A) Ensure that their professional life is a higher priority than their personal life.
B) Avoid addressing their own childhood issues in order to focus solely on the clients.
C) Minimize contact with clients who have mental health disorders that the nurse finds disturbing.
D) Acknowledge and deal with issues that remind them of their own childhood and adolescence.

Question 2

Samuel is a 4-year-old boy who has been diagnosed with autism. Which of the following symptoms would you expect Samuel to display?

A) He becomes overly attached to those around him.
B) He has an irresistible urge to pull out his own hair.
C) He spends time alone and shows little interest in making friends.
D) He has multiple motor tics and several vocal tics.

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

Answer to Question 1

Ans: D
Feedback:
To care for themselves, nurses need to recognize and discuss their job-related stressors. They should acknowledge and deal with issues that remind them of their own childhood and adolescence. Equally important, they need to attend to their own physical and mental health. Proper nutrition, rest and sleep, exercise, health care, maturity, and balance in personal and professional lives maximize the energy available to work therapeutically with youth and their families. It would be unethical to minimize contact with certain clients.

Answer to Question 2

Ans: C
Feedback:
Children with autism develop language slowly or not at all. They may use words without attaching meaning to them or communicate with only gestures or noises. They spend time alone and show little interest in making friends. Approximately 80 of people with autism also are classified as mentally retarded. Their most distinctive feature, however, is their seeming isolation from the world around them. This detachment and aloofness help distinguish people with autism from those who are solely mentally retarded.