Adolescent experiences - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

A nurse in a community health center is teaching families of clients who have posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) about expected clinical manifestations. Which of the following manifestations should the nurse include? A. Repeatedly talks about traumatic incident B. Sleeps excessively C. Experiences feelings of isolation D. Uses repetitive speech ----CORRECT ANSWER------C. Experiences feelings of isolation Clients who have PTSD often feel estranged and detached from others. A nurse is r...

Countertransference - correct answer -Countertransference occurs when the therapist displaces onto the client attitudes or feelings from his or her past. For example, a female nurse who has teenage children and who is experiencing extreme frustration with an adolescent client may respond by adopting a parental or chastising tone. The nurse is countertransfering her own attitudes and feelings toward her children onto the client. Nurses can deal with countertransference by examining their own feel...

An assistive personnel tells the charge nurse that her assignment is too demanding. She angrily tells the nurse to reassign one of her tasks to another AP. Which of the following actions should the nurse take to resolve the conflict? - Ask the AP to discuss the issue in a private area A nurse is supervising an assistive personnel (AP) obtain supplies for a client who is on seizure precautions. Which of the following materials should the AP place in the client's room? - Oral Suction Equipm...

6630 final exam with 100% correct answers 2024 What is the strongest established risk factor for bipolar disorder? -Answer-Family history which of the following medications are known as selective serotonin re-uptake inibitors (SSRIs)? -Answer-Nortriptyline Citalopram Duloxetine fluoxetine venlafaxine Which disease state o a non-adherent patient is at greater risk for substance use violence, and victimization as well as worse overall quality of life? -Answer- Schizophrenia Patient is a...

A nurse is providing nutritional teaching to the patents of a child who has acute glomerulonephritis with pitting edema. Which of the following foods should the nurse recommend be eliminated from the child's diet? - Hot dogs -Results in edema, HTN, hematuria and proteinuria. Dietary changes requires limit foods high in sodium because of the edema and HTN. (Hot dogs, or other processed meats) A nurse in an emergency department is assessing a 5-year-old child who has a concussion. Which...

An assistive personnel tells the charge nurse that her assignment is too demanding. She angrily tells the nurse to reassign one of her tasks to another AP. Which of the following actions should the nurse take to resolve the conflict? - Ask the AP to discuss the issue in a private area A nurse is supervising an assistive personnel (AP) obtain supplies for a client who is on seizure precautions. Which of the following materials should the AP place in the client's room? - Oral Suction Equip...

WGU C105 Questions and Answers Already Passed. Drawing stages of development naturally grows in a child as a form of visual communication. The earliest stages of drawing include what 2 stages? d) Scribble and Pre-Schematic or Shape-Making Stage A Kindergarten teacher decides to integrate more music into her daily instruction. In consideration of the students' development level, the teacher should consider that primary age groups of children are able to b) See one point of view, or one asp...

WGU C105 Questions and Answers Already Passed Drawing stages of development naturally grows in a child as a form of visual communication. The earliest stages of drawing include what 2 stages? d) Scribble and Pre-Schematic or Shape-Making Stage A Kindergarten teacher decides to integrate more music into her daily instruction. In consideration of the students' development level, the teacher should consider that primary age groups of children are able to b) See one point of view, or one aspect ...

CANS (Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths) - correct answer A tool that is divided into two modules, consisting of 10 domains, compared of 139 assessment items. The two modules assess child functioning, and parents and/or caregiver ability to meet the child's needs. Provides a comprehensive list of services needed for the purpose of the assessment, service referral, client service planning, case management, court determinations, and case review of progress Why use CANS? - correc...

Countertransference - correct answer -Countertransference occurs when the therapist displaces onto the client attitudes or feelings from his or her past. For example, a female nurse who has teenage children and who is experiencing extreme frustration with an adolescent client may respond by adopting a parental or chastising tone. The nurse is countertransfering her own attitudes and feelings toward her children onto the client. Nurses can deal with countertransference by examining their own feel...