Author Question: During the assessment of a person in crisis, the nurse should do which of the following first? A) ... (Read 31 times)

asan beg · **on:** Jul 19, 2018

During the assessment of a person in crisis, the nurse should do which of the following first?

A) Keep the client focused on the problem and specific goals leading to its resolution.
B) Help the client develop healthier long-term coping skills.
C) Assess the client's support system including religious beliefs and spirituality.
D) Determine whether psychiatric symptoms are related to a physical cause.

Question 2

A local community was just devastated by a tornado. Based on the knowledge of risk factors, which of the following individuals has the highest risk for an adverse outcome?

A) A low-income woman with poor coping skills
B) An affluent man with poor coping skills
C) A low-income woman with a high-stress job
D) An affluent man with a high-stress job

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

Answer to Question 1

Ans: D
Feedback:
Assessment of the person in crisis is the most important, and often most difficult, step of crisis intervention. First, nurses determine whether the psychiatric symptoms are related to a physical problem. One in five people with a brain disorder have a medical problem causing or exacerbating their psychiatric condition. Keeping the client focused on the problem and specific goals leading to its resolution and helping the client develop healthier coping skills are interventions.

Answer to Question 2

Ans: A
Feedback:
Risk factors that predict adverse outcomes in natural and human-caused disasters include female sex, minority ethnicity, lower socioeconomic status, and problematic predisaster functioning and personality.