Author Question: The nurse understands that the patient with somatic symptom disorder may have an increased ... (Read 52 times)

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

The nurse understands that the patient with somatic symptom disorder may have an increased sensitivity to pain. This explanation of the patient's symptoms is based in which domain?

1. Genetic domain
2. Biologic domain
3. Humanistic domain
4. Psychological domain

Question 2

The nurse suspects that the patient who was brought to the emergency department (ED) because of what the family describes as a sudden case of Alzheimer disease may have general amnesia. Which characteristics make the nurse suspect general amne

Select all that apply.
1. The patient cannot remember any personal information.
2. The patient has been wandering away from home.
3. The patient describes a detachment from her mind.
4. The patient feelings of disconnection with her home.
5. The patient has developed an alternate personality.

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

Answer to Question 1

Answer: 2
Explanation: Holistically, in nursing, there are five domains of wellness: biological, psychological, sociological, cultural, and spiritual. Research has shown that patients with somatic symptom disorder and its related disorders express symptoms such as pain and other somatic experiences through their body. This heightened sense of pain and other normal body sensations occurs in the biological domain.

Answer to Question 2

Answer: 1, 2
Explanation: General amnesia typically occurs rapidly and causes disorientation and wandering. It results in a complete loss of memory of the individual's life history. Localized amnesia is when an individual cannot recall specific events, selective amnesia is when the individual can recall some, but not all events during a specified period of time. Depersonalization is the experience of unreality or detachment from mind, self, and/or physical body. Derealization is the experience of unreality or detachment from the person's surroundings. Multiple personality states do not emerge with general amnesia.