A nurse overhears a hospitalized client with mania telling another client, "I'm actually a journalist writing
an article for a magazine-I'm just posing
... [Show More] as a person with mental illness." How should the nurse respond
- ✔✔presenting the client with the actual situation
a client who is hallucinating fearfully says to the nurse, "Please tell that demon to get out." How should
the nurse respond to the client - ✔✔I know you must be very upset by this, but I don't see a demon
the mother of a 3 y/o says, "My child hit his teddy bear after being scolded for picking the neighbor's
flowers." Which defense mechanism was the child using - ✔✔displacement
a client says to the nurse, "even though my husband and I keep telling them we don't to have children,
our parents are pressuring us to 'start a family'. What should we say to them?" Which of the following
responses by the nurse is therapeutic - ✔✔this must be very difficulty for both of you
a young adult client says, "I just can't seem to stop snapping at my parents. I know they work hard to
support me, but what do I do when they're so overbearing?" Which responses by the nurse is
therapeutic - ✔✔have you talked to your parents about your frustrations
a client says, "I have so much trouble caring for my husband's child from his first marriage. I resent the
money we have to pay for child support bc we have to deprive my own child of things. How can I stop
feeling this way?" Which response by the nurse is therapeutic? - ✔✔have you shared your feelings with
your husband
a client says to the nurse, "My wife retired last year from a lucrative law practice and I'm really
discouraged. I'll be working until I die, even though I helped pay for her education." Which response by
the nurse is supportive - ✔✔you sound very troubled by this
a gay man is brought to the ED by the police. The client tells the nurse, "I was beaten up. I guess I just
have to expect this kind of tx for the rest of my life." Which statement by the nurse is therapeutic -
✔✔you feel that being beaten up goes along with being gay [Show Less]