If a clinician is informed that a prospective client, who is seeing things that are not actually there, is African-American and in a lower income bracket, the clinician may be more likely to
a) suggest a diagnosis of mood disorder.
b) suggest a diagnosis of schizophrenia.
c) suggest that there is a good prognosis for treatment.
d) recommend a second opinion.
Question 2
Recent research on diagnosing personality disorders indicates that their reliability is
a) totally inadequate.
b) improved if specialized, structured interviews are used.
c) acceptable for antisocial personality disorder, but inadequate for most others.
d) better than most diagnostic categories.
A nurse prepares a client for anesthesia and surgery.
The nurse uses a noninvasive bladder ultrasound to measure the client’s bladder volume.
Client receiving hemodialysis.
Informed Consent
To increase pressure using body weight, lean on your client.
Clinician performing capillary refill assessment.