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2. A nurse is facilitating group therapy and the group is currently in the working phase of group development. What is the primary focus

during this phase?

Answer

It is to to promote problem-solving skills in order to facilitate behavioral changes.

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3. A nurse is caring for a client with delirium. What is the onset and clinical manifestations of this disorder?

Answer

Hypo activity syndrome

hyper active symptoms

Inability to concentrate,

Insomnia,

Loss of appetite,

Restlessness,

Confusion

Late manifestations: agitation, hallucinations, misperception

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4. A nurse is caring for a client with attention seeking behaviors. Describe attention-seeking behaviors commonly noted in clients

diagnosed with histrionic personality disorder.

Answer

The person tend to present provocative behavior, and influenced easily by others or circumstances

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5. A nurse is caring for a client with a psychotic disorder who is exhibiting alterations in speech. Define the following alt erations in speech:

Flight of ideas, neologisms, echolalia, clang association, and word salad.

Answer

Flight of ideas is associative looseness sentences do not relate to each other.

Neologisms are made up words that only make sense to patients.

Echolalia is imitating words

Clang association is meaningless rhyming.

Word salad jumbling words together without meaning