A Client Who Is in a Severely Abusive Relationship Is

question 13

Multiple Choice

A client who is in a severely abusive relationship is admitted to a psychiatric inpatient unit.The client fears for her life.A staff nurse asks,"Why doesn't she just leave him?" Which is the nursing supervisor's most appropriate reply?

• A)"These clients don't know life any other way,and change is not an option until they have improved insight."
• B)"These clients have limited skills and few vocational abilities to be able to make it on their own."
• C)"These clients often have a lack of financial independence to support themselves and their children,and most have religious beliefs prohibiting divorce and separation."
• D)"These clients are paralyzed into inaction by a combination of physical threats and a sense of powerlessness."

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Definitions:

Direct Experience

Knowledge or skill acquired through immediate observation or participation, without the intermediation of others or the use of technology.

Anticipate

The act of expecting or predicting something to happen in the future and possibly preparing for it.

Associative Learning

The process of learning in which a connection or association is formed between two stimuli or between a behavior and a stimulus.

Excessive Amount

An amount that is much more than what is reasonable or necessary.