A Nurse Is Explaining to a Nursing Student That a Patient

question 49

Multiple Choice

A nurse is explaining to a nursing student that a patient experienced a sentinel event during a previous hospitalization.What does the student understand about this event?

• A) Experienced an unusual event that is rare in the literature
• B) Had an unexpected response to treatment or nursing care
• C) Meeting a major milestone in treatment for an illness
• D) Unexpected event resulting in serious injury (or death)

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Definitions:

Conversion Disorder

A mental health condition where a person experiences physical symptoms that cannot be traced back to a medical cause, believed to be a response to psychological conflict or stress.

Conversion Symptoms

Physical symptoms that arise from psychological stress or conflict, with no underlying organic cause, typical in conversion disorder.

Dissociative Identity Disorder

A mental disorder characterized by the presence of two or more distinct personality states or identities within a single individual.

Conversion Disorder

A mental condition where psychological stress is expressed through physical symptoms without a medical cause.