A Client with Major Depression Is Having a Disturbed Sleep

question 13

Multiple Choice

A client with major depression is having a disturbed sleep pattern. Which of the following nursing interventions will help the client to get maximum sleep during the night?

• A) Acknowledge the client's feeling of despair.
• B) Encourage active exercise before bedtime.
• C) Encourage the client to go to bed early.
• D) Keep the client busy during the day.

Identify the effect of psychoanalytic and cognitive theories on gender-specific behaviors.

Analyze the historical and current differences between males and females in mathematical skills.

Understand the criteria affecting companion choice in middle childhood by boys and girls.

Describe sociometry and its application in assessing children’s peer status.

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Definitions:

Catastrophically Misinterpret

The tendency to irrationally interpret an event or situation as far worse than it actually is, often seen in anxiety disorders.

Panic Disorder

A mental health condition characterized by sudden and repeated episodes of intense fear accompanied by physical symptoms.

Biological Preparedness

Refers to the idea that humans and animals are biologically prepared to fear certain stimuli as opposed to others. That is, evolution has “hard-wired” organisms to easily learn those associations that facilitate species survival.