The Nurse Working with Survivors of a Disaster Wants to Assess

question 23

Multiple Choice

The nurse working with survivors of a disaster wants to assess them for post-traumatic stress disorder.For which clients does the nurse perform further assessment before administering the Impact of Event Scale-Revised?

• A) Older adult survivor with minor injuries
• B) Woman who lost both her children
• C) Middle-aged victim with multiple medical problems
• D) Young adult who had serious orthopedic injuries
• E) Older adolescent who had a traumatic brain injury

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