Author Question: A nurse is working with a client who is in crisis. Which of the following would be least appropriate ... (Read 79 times)

cartlidgeashley · **on:** Jul 19, 2018

A nurse is working with a client who is in crisis. Which of the following would be least appropriate for the nurse to do?

A) Support the client's cultural beliefs about expressing feelings.
B) Encourage the client to focus on one aspect at a time.
C) Provide the client with an understanding that everything will be okay.
D) Explain information clearly to clarify any misconceptions or myths.

Question 2

A nurse is talking to a female client who is a survivor of intimate partner violence. The woman relates that her husband has been told that he has the characteristics of an antisocial personality disorder.

The woman also informs the nurse that her husband has an extensive criminal record. The nurse interprets this information and suspects that the woman's husband would most likely demonstrate which behavior?

A) A risk for aggressive and assaultive violence toward people within and outside of his family
B) Intermittent remorse for the violence and abuse that he commits
C) Symptoms of depression along with harboring feelings of inadequacy
D) Purposefully remaining socially isolated from people other than those in his family

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

Answer to Question 1

Ans: C
Telling the client that everything will be okay is false reassurance and blocks communication. Rather, the nurse should focus on what the information means to the client. Supporting the client's cultural beliefs about expressing his or her feelings, encouraging the client to focus on one thing at a time, and explaining information clearly are appropriate.

Answer to Question 2

Ans: A
Evidence suggests that when people with borderline personality disorder are distressed, they are predisposed to interpret social situations as threatening and to respond with emotional dysregulation, verbal attacks, and physical violence. People who meet the diagnostic criteria of antisocial personality disorder, have an extensive history of criminal behavior, and who are generally violent are also more likely to be both aggressive and assaultive. These perpetrators have a heightened sensitivity to emotional displays that predispose them to interpret social situations as threatening and to respond with emotional dysregulation, verbal attacks, and physical violence.