NURSING EXAM QUESTIONS
PSYCHIATRIC NURSING
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Reporting a decrease in nightmares
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Recent sexual assault
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Witnessing a fatal automobile accident
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Destruction of the client’s home by a hurricane
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Detailed explanation-1: -Nursing Assessment for PTSD For diagnosis, the person must be experiencing a certain number of symptoms in four specific categories: re-experiencing; avoidance; persistent negative alterations in cognitions and mood; and alterations in arousal and activity. Posttraumatic Stress Syndrome: What Is It?
Detailed explanation-2: -Exposure therapy (ET). Used to help PTSD patients reduce flashbacks and nightmares, ET lets patients safely face frightening situations and memories until they are better able to cope with them. Exposures can be real or imagined.
Detailed explanation-3: -Get to know your triggers add. You might find that certain experiences, situations or people seem to trigger flashbacks or other symptoms. Confide in someone add. Give yourself time add. Try peer support add. Find specialist support add. Look after your physical health add.