A client diagnosed with somatic symptom disorder (SSD) is most likely to exhibit which personality disorder characteristics? ANS: 3 A nurse is working with a client diagnosed with SSD. What criteria would differentiate this diagnosis from illness anxiety disorder (IAD)?
ANS: 1 Which would be considered an appropriate outcome when planning care for an inpatient client diagnosed with SSD?
ANS: 2 Which are examples of primary and secondary gains that clients diagnosed with SSD: predominately pain, may experience?
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4 A nursing instructor is teaching about the etiology of IAD from a psychoanalytical perspective. What student statement about clients diagnosed with this disorder indicates that learning has occurred?
ANS: 4 An inpatient client is newly diagnosed with dissociative identity disorder (DID) stemming from severe childhood sexual abuse. Which nursing intervention takes priority?
ANS: 3 A client diagnosed with DID switches personalities when confronted with destructive behavior. The nurse recognizes that this dissociation serves which function?
ANS: 3 A client is diagnosed with DID. What is the primary goal of therapy for this client?
ANS: 4 According to the DSM-5 diagnostic criteria for dissociative amnesia (DA), what symptom would be essential to meet the criteria for the subcategory of dissociative fugue?
ANS: 3 Which situation is an example of selective amnesia?
ANS: 2 Neurological tests have ruled out pathology in a client’s sudden lower-extremity paralysis. Which nursing care should be included for this client?
ANS: 1 Which combination of diagnoses and appropriate pharmacological treatments are correctly matched?
ANS: 1 A nurse is reviewing progress notes on a newly admitted client. One progress note reveals that the client purposefully inserted a contaminated catheter into urethra, leading to a urinary tract infection. The nurse recognizes this behavior as characteristic of which mental disorder?
ANS: 2 A nursing instructor is teaching about the DSM-5 diagnosis of depersonalization-derealization disorder (D-DD). Which student statement indicates a need for further instruction?
ANS: 4 A client is diagnosed with IAD. Which of the following symptoms is the client most likely to exhibit? (Select all that apply.)
ANS: 1, 3, 5 A client is diagnosed with functional neurological symptom disorder (FNSD). Which of the following symptoms is the client most likely to exhibit? (Select all that apply.)
ANS: 1, 3, 4 A client is exhibiting symptoms of generalized amnesia. Which of the following questions should the nurse ask to confirm this diagnosis? (Select all that apply.)
ANS: 1, 3, 5 What is depersonalization a symptom of?Severe stress, such as major relationship, financial or work-related issues. Depression or anxiety, especially severe or prolonged depression, or anxiety with panic attacks. Using recreational drugs, which can trigger episodes of depersonalization or derealization.
Which symptoms can be observed in the client diagnosed with depersonalization?Depersonalization symptoms include:. feeling like you're outside your body, sometimes as if you're looking down on yourself from above.. feeling detached from yourself, as if you have no actual self.. numbness in your mind or body, as if your senses are turned off.. feeling as if you can't control what you do or say.. Which best describes someone experiencing depersonalization?Depersonalization – experiences of unreality or detachment from one's mind, self or body. People may feel as if they are outside their bodies and watching events happening to them.
Are there different types of depersonalization?In this paper the descriptive characteristics of depersonalization are discussed with regard to the features of "observing self" and the relationship between experiences and selves, according to which the authors distinguish two types of depersonalization: an "excessive-self-reflecting type" and an "absorbed-in- ...
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