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LaDunn

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The wife of a patient with paranoid schizophrenia tells the nurse, I've learned that my husband has several close relatives with the same disorder.
 
  Does this problem run in families? The response based on recent discoveries in the field of genetics would be:
  a. Your children should be monitored closely for the disorder.
  b. Research tends to support a familiar tendency to schizophrenia.
  c. There is no concrete evidence; it is just as likely a coincidence.
  d. Only bipolar disorder has been identified to have a genetic component.

Question 2

There remains a stigma attached to psychiatric illnesses. The psychiatric nurse makes the greatest impact on this sociological problem when:
 
  a. Providing educational programming for patients and the public
  b. Arranging for adequate and appropriate social support for the patient
  c. Assisting the patient to achieve the maximum level of independent functioning
  d. Regularly praising the patient for seeking and complying with appropriate treat-ment



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Answer to Question 1

ANS: B
Familial tendencies appear with several psychiatric disorders including schizophrenia. To in-sinuate that the children are at such risk would not be supported by research.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: A
Much of the stigma attached to psychiatric illness is due to a lack of understanding of the biologic basis of these disorders. Therefore, effective patient, family, and public teaching is an important function of the role of the psychiatric mental health nurse. While the remaining options are appropriate, they are not directed towards eliminating social stigma but rather empowering the patient.



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