The nurse is asked to explain severe and persistent mental ...

[acc299]

The nurse is asked to explain severe and persistent mental illness to the family of a client. What is the nurse's best response? This designation applies to disorders that:
 
  1. are considered to be time-limited.
  2. persist over time with remissions and recurrences.
  3. are curable with improved psychotropic medications.
  4. create stress for family members.

Question 2

A case manager assesses a client as having the following problems: auditory hallucinations, blunted affect, concrete thinking, and lack of vocational skills. Which problem would be amena-ble to psychiatric skills training?
 
  1. Auditory hallucinations
  2. Blunted affect
  3. Concrete thinking
  4. Lack of vocational skills

[kingfahad97]

Answer to Question 1

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Answer to Question 2

ANS: 4
The focus of psychiatric rehabilitation is for the client to acquire skills that will aid in adaptation in the community. Clients are provided with education and training, and they learn by doing in sheltered settings before being exposed to an actual job setting. The other options list problems that must be addressed by treatment.

[acc299]

YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review

[apple]

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