Which Assessment Finding for a Patient in the Community Deserves

question 29

Multiple Choice

Which assessment finding for a patient in the community deserves priority intervention by the psychiatric nurse?

• A) The patient receives provincial disability income plus a small cheque from a trust fund every month.
• B) The patient was absent from three of six planned Alcoholics Anonymous meetings in the past 2 weeks.
• C) The patient lives in an apartment with two patients who attend partial hospitalization programs.
• D) The patient has a sibling who was recently diagnosed with a mental illness.

Understand and perform decimal comparison and manipulation.

Understand and apply the concepts of multiplication, including identifying multipliers.

Perform rounding of numbers to specified places.

Perform basic arithmetic operations like multiplication, division, and finding square roots.

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Definitions:

Parietal Lobe

A region of the brain situated at the upper back area in the skull, crucial for processing sensory information and spatial orientation.

Right Frontal

Pertaining to or located in the right frontal lobe of the brain, an area associated with various cognitive functions including decision-making and emotional response.

Prefrontal Cortex

A part of the brain located at the front of the frontal lobe, involved in complex behaviors such as planning, decision making, and moderating social behavior.

Social Impulses

The innate or conditioned drives that influence human behavior in social contexts.