3. A mother and her three young children arrive at the mental health clinic. The woman says
that she is seeking help in leaving her husband. She reports
... [Show More] that he has been beating her for
years but just started hitting the children. What is the best initial action by the nurse?
A: Arranging for a staff member to watch the children so the mother
and nurse can talk.
4. A nurse counseling a client on the inpatient psychiatric unit responds to a statement made by
the client by stating, "I'm confused about exactly what is upsetting you. Would you go over
that again, please?" What is the nurse using?
A: Clarifying
R: Clarifying is an attempt to better understand the message intended by the client. It is utilized
to gain a clearer understanding of what another person has stated. Structuring is an attempt to
create order and thereby allow a client to become aware of problems. Confronting examines a
discrepancy between what a person is saying and what a person does. It requires careful
attention to nonverbal communication, as well as the discrepancies between the nonverbal and
verbal messages. Paraphrasing allows the speaker to share how one person perceives and hears
another's information. The nurse is not paraphrasing, but instead is attempting to better
understand the client.
5. Deaths that are perceived as preventable cause more guilt for the mourners and therefore
increase the intensity and duration of the grieving process. Perceiving a death as
preventable will not necessarily result in a pathological reaction, but it will usually make it
harder to understand and accept the death.
6. A nurse working in a crisis center understands that a crisis can best be defined as what?
A: A threat to equilibrium
R: Caplan's theory states that a crisis is an internal disturbance caused by a stressful
event that alters the usual way of coping with a threat to the self; this temporarily disturbs
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