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On an inpatient psychiatric unit, a client diagnosed with borderline personality disorder is challenging other clients and splitting staff. Which response by the nurse reflects the nurse's role of milieu manager?
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Correct Answer: Setting strict limits and communicating these limits to all staff members.
A group of students are reviewing the events associated with the fight-or-flight response. They demonstrate understanding of the information when they identify which of the following results from sympathetic nervous stimulation?
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Correct Answer: Tachycardia
Pedophilic disorder is the most common paraphilic disorder where adults who have a primary or exclusive sexual preference for prepubescent children. A subset of this disorder is termed hebephilia and is defined as attraction to:
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Correct Answer: Pubescent individuals
What is the desirable outcome for the orientation stage of a nurseâ€"patient relationship? The patient will demonstrate behaviors that indicate
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Correct Answer: rapport and trust with the nurse.
Which clinical scenario predicts the highest risk for directing violent behavior toward others?
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Correct Answer: Paranoid delusions of being followed by alien monsters
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