The treatment team discusses the plan of care for a patient ...

[fagboi]

The treatment team discusses the plan of care for a patient diagnosed with schizophrenia and daily cannabis abuse who is having increased hallucinations and delusions. To plan effective treatment, the team should:
 
  a. provide long-term care for the patient in a residential facility.
  b. withdraw the patient from cannabis, then treat the schizophrenia.
  c. consider each diagnosis primary and provide simultaneous treatment.
  d. first treat the schizophrenia, then establish goals for substance abuse treatment.

Question 2

Select the most therapeutic manner for a nurse working with a patient beginning treatment for alcohol addiction.
 
  a. Empathetic, supportive
  b. Skeptical, guarded
  c. Cool, distant
  d. Confrontational

[Andromeda18]

Answer to Question 1

ANS: C
Both diagnoses should be considered primary and receive simultaneous treatment. Comorbid disorders require longer treatment and progress is slower, but treatment may occur in the community.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: A
Support and empathy assist the patient to feel safe enough to start looking at problems. Counseling during the early stage of treatment needs to be direct, open, and honest. The other approaches will increase patient anxiety and cause the patient to cling to defenses.

[fagboi]

Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

[bitingbit]

Excellent