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lracut11 · **on:** Jul 19, 2018

The crisis nurse is interviewing a client who has come to the center in a state of severe anxiety. Which intervention would the nurse initiate first?

1. Determining the crisis-precipitating event
2. Talking with a family friend about the client
3. Requesting a copy of old health information
4. Outlining a strategy to deal with the panic

Question 2

A new nurse mentions, I can understand a situational crisis upsetting a person's equilibrium, but I don't understand how something positive, like getting married or having a baby, can precipitate a crisis.

To explain, the mentor should answer, You need to think of a crisis as a(n):
1. threat to the familiar.
2. threat to survival.
3. opportunity to learn.
4. psychiatric disorder.

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

Answer to Question 1

ANS: 1
The precipitating event and its meaning to the client are of primary importance in assessment. Little can be accomplished without this information. Options 2 and 3 would not be considered the first interventions. Option 4 would not be possible until the event and its meaning are identi-fied.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: 1
By viewing a crisis as a threat to the norm, it is possible to understand why even positive events, such as winning the lottery, may provoke a crisis. Option 2 indicates how the nurse currently views a crisis. Option 3 does not address the nurse's question. Option 4 is incorrect because crises are not considered discrete psychiatric disorders.