Chapter 12 Crisis Intervention Exam Questions and Answers (Solved Papers) A new mother is concerned about her ability to perform her parental role. She is quite anxious and ambivalent about leaving the postpartum unit. To offer effective client care, a nurse should be familiar with what information about this type of crisis?
1.This type of crisis is precipitated by unexpected external stressors .2.This type of crisis is precipitated by preexisting psychopathology .3.This type of crisis is precipitated by an acute response to an external situational stressor.
4.This type of crisis is precipitated by normal life-cycle transitions that overwhelm the client. - Correct Answers ✅4.This type of crisis is precipitated by normal life-cycle transitions that overwhelm the client.A wife brings her husband to an emergency department after an attempt to hang himself. He is a full-time student and works 8 hours at night to support his family. He states, "I can't function any longer under all this stress." Which type of crisis is the client experiencing?
1.Maturational/developmental crisis 2.Psychiatric emergency crisis 3.Anticipated life transition crisis 1 / 2
Chapter 12 Crisis Intervention Exam Questions and Answers (Solved Papers) 4.Traumatic stress crisis - Correct Answers ✅2.Psychiatric emergency crisis A client comes to a psychiatric clinic experiencing sudden extreme fatigue and decreased sleep and appetite. The client works 12 hours a day and rates anxiety as 8/10 on a numeric scale. What long-term outcome is realistic in addressing this client's crisis?
1.The client will change his type-A personality traits to more adaptive ones by one week.
2.The client will list five positive self-attributes.
3.The client will examine how childhood events led to his overachieving orientation.
4.The client will return to previous adaptive levels of functioning by week six. - Correct Answers ✅4.The client will return to previous adaptive levels of functioning by week six.A high school student has learned that she cannot graduate.Her boyfriend will be attending a college out of state that she planned to attend. She is admitted to a psychiatric unit after overdosing on Tylenol. Which is the priority nursing diagnosis for this client?
1.Ineffective coping R/T situational crisis AEB powerlessness 2.Anxiety R/T fear of failure 3.Risk for self-directed violence R/T hopelessness
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