1. A military member has returned from active duty and is being treated for post- traumatic
stress disorder (PTSD). She tells the nurse that she wasabnirebv.ceomr /itnesta combat zone
during her deployment, and her commanding officer told her that you can’t have PTSD unless
you were in active combat. Which response by the nurse is an accurate reflection about PTSD
in military personnel?
1. Women may experience other anxiety disorders more often th abnirbP.cToSmD/tesftrom
military service.
2. PTSD after serving in the military is almost always related to trauma associated with active
combat.
3. Women in the military more often experience PTSD secondary to sexual assault.
4. Due to the recent changes in combat, women experience PTSD more often than men.
ANS: 3
Chapter: Chapter 37, Military Families
Objective: Discuss concerns of women in the military.
Page: 841
Heading: Women in the Military > Sexual Assault
Integrated Processes: Nursing Process: Implementation
Client Need: Psychosocial Integrity
Cognitive Level: Comprehension [Understanding]
Concept: Stress
Difficulty: Moderate
Feedback
1. This is incorrect. Women in the military often suffer higher-than-average rates of
PTSD. The leading cause of PTSD for women in the militaarbyirbi.scosme/txeustal
2. trauma.
This is incorrect. The leading cause of PTSD for women in the military is sexual
trauma.
3. This is correct. Women who were sexually harassed while in the military suffer higher-
than-average rates of PTSD. The leading cause of PaTbiSrbD.cofmo/treswt omen in
the
4. This is incorrect. There is no correlation between combat and PTSD, and there is no
research noted in this chapter correlating the two.
CON: Stress
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2. The client’s spouse returned from active duty 1 month ago, and she is now seeing a
counselor for relational conflict in her marriage. She tells the counselor that she thinks her
spouse “can’t love anything as much as he loves the military”abairnb.dcotmh/atetst“he acts
like he can’t wait to be redeployed.” Which of these might be contributing to her spouse’s
behavior?
1. The military mission is advanced as the highest priority.
2. Marriage is discouraged in the military.
3. Redeployment is considered the highest honor.
4. People who choose a military lifestyle often have asocial personality traits.
ANS: 1
Chapter: Chapter 37, Military Families
Objective: Discuss the impact of deployment on families of serviacbeirbm.coemm/tebset rs.
Page: 841
Heading: Application of the Nursing Process > Assessment > The Military Family > Military
Spouses and Children
Integrated Processes: Nursing Process: Assessment
Client Need: Psychosocial Integrity
Cognitive Level: Comprehension [Understanding]
Concept: Family Dynamics
Difficulty: Moderate
Feedback
1. This is correct. Although the military works hard to value the family lives of service
members and their welfare, the nature of the job is that the mission trumps all other
concerns.
2. This is incorrect. Marriage is not discouraged in the militaraybi.rbI.tcowma/tsesst
tated that the
health of our military fighting force is directly related to the health of our military
marriages.
3. This is incorrect. Redeployment is characterized by excitemabeirnb.tcoamn/dtesat
pprehension associated with the soldier’s homecoming.
4. This is incorrect. Isolation and alienation are facets of military life. To compensate
for the extreme mobility, the focus of military lifestyle turns inward to the military
world rather than outward to the local community.
CON: Family Dynamics
3. The client, a 15-year-old whose father has been suffering from PTSD since returning from
combat, is now seeing a counselor himself with reports of falabisrbh.bcoamc/ktesstthat are
similar to his father’s symptoms. Which of the following interpretations of the client’s
behavior is supported by evidence?
1. Military children often pretend to have symptoms of PTSD to agbeirtb.sceomco/tensdt ary
gains.
2. This is a common symptom of substance abuse and drug-seeking behavior.
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