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EAugust

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A nursing student is reviewing journal articles about major depression. One of the articles describes the number of persons newly diagnosed with the disorder during the past year. The student interprets this as which of the following?
 
  A) Rate
  B) Prevalence
  C) Point prevalence
  D) Incidence

Question 2

A nursing student is assigned to care for a client diagnosed with schizophrenia. When talking about this client in a clinical post-conference, the student would use which terminology when referring to the client?
 
  A) Committed client
  B) Schizophrenic
  C) Schizophrenic client
  D) Person with schizophrenia


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makaylafy

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Reply #1 on: Jul 19, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Ans: D
The article is describing incidence, which refers to a rate that includes only new cases that have occurred within a clearly defined time period. The most common time period evaluated is 1 year. Rate reflects the proportion of cases in the population compared with the total population. Prevalence refers to the total number of people with the disorder within a given population at a specified time, regardless of how long ago the disorder started. Point prevalence refers to the proportion of individuals in the population who have a disorder at a specific point in time.

Answer to Question 2

Ans: D
Just as a person with diabetes should not be referred to as a diabetic but rather as a person with diabetes, a person with a mental disorder should never be referred to as a schizophrenic or bipolar, but rather as a person with schizophrenia or a person with bipolar disorder. Doing so helps to counteract the negative effects of stigma.


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Reply 2 on: Jul 19, 2018
:D TYSM

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Great answer, keep it coming :)

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