A Client Has Been Assigned a Nursing Diagnosis of Complicated

question 22

Multiple Choice

A client has been assigned a nursing diagnosis of complicated grieving related to the death of multiple family members in a motor vehicle accident. Which intervention should the nurse initially employ?

• A) Encourage the journaling of feelings.
• B) Assess for the stage of grief in which the client is fixed.
• C) Provide community resources to address the client's concerns.
• D) Encourage attending a grief therapy group.

Grasp the trauma model of dissociative disorders, noting the role of severe trauma and high hypnotizability as risk factors.

Identify the steps usually followed in the treatment of DID, including the integration of personalities and trust establishment in therapy.

Understand differentiating between somatic symptom disorder, factitious disorders, and malingering, and their characteristics.

Comprehend the symptoms and proposed re-classification of conversion disorder as a dissociative or somatic symptom disorder.

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Definitions:

Blue-collar Jobs

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Possible Selves

The various components of the self-concept that represent what individuals could become, what they would like to become, and what they are afraid of becoming.

Current Selves

An individual's present sense of identity, incorporating how they see themselves in the moment and their ongoing life narrative.

Self-Serving Bias

A cognitive bias that involves people attributing their successes to internal factors while blaming failures on external factors.