Nursing School Test Banks Chapter 19: Trauma and Stressor-Related Disorders Chapter 19: Trauma and Stressor-Related Disorders Multiple Choice 1. A nursing instructor is teaching about trau ma and stressor-related disorders. Which student statement indi- cates that further instruction is needed? 1. ...
Chapter 19: Trauma and Stressor-Related
Disorders
Chapter 19: Trauma and Stressor-Related Disorders
Multiple Choice
1. A nursing instructor is teaching about trauma and stressor-related disorders. Which student
cates that further instruction is needed?
1. “The trauma that women experience is more likely to be sexual assault and child sexual abus
2. “The trauma that men experience is more likely to be accidents, physical assaults, combat, or
or injury.”
3. “After exposure to a traumatic event, only 10 percent of victims develop post-traumatic stres
(PTSD).”
4. “Research shows that PTSD is more common in men than in women.”
ANS: 4
Rationale: Research shows that PTSD is more common in women than in men. This student sta
cates a need for further instruction.
2. Which factors differentiate the diagnosis of PTSD from the diagnosis of adjustment disorder (
1. PTSD results from exposure to an extreme traumatic event, whereas AD results from exposu
daily events.
2. AD results from exposure to an extreme traumatic event, whereas PTSD results from exposu
daily events.
3. Depressive symptoms occur in PTSD and not in AD.
, Rationale: PTSD results from exposure to an extreme traumatic event, whereas AD results from
“normal” daily events, such as divorce, failure, or rejection. Depressive symptoms can occur in b
AD.
3. Which client would a nurse recognize as being at highest risk for the development of an AD?
1. A young married woman
2. An elderly unmarried man
3. A young unmarried woman
4. A young unmarried man
ANS: 3
Rationale: Adjustment disorders are more common in women, unmarried persons, and younge
though more common in the young, it can occur at any age.
4. A nursing instructor is explaining the etiology of trauma-related disorders from a learning the
tive. Which student statement indicates that learning has occurred?
1. “How clients perceive events and view the world affect their response to trauma.”
2. “The psychic numbing in PTSD is a result of negative reinforcement.”
3. “The individual becomes addicted to the trauma owing to an endogenous opioid response.”
4. “Believing that the world is meaningful and controllable can protect an individual from PTSD.
ANS: 2
Rationale: Learning theorists view negative reinforcement as behavior that leads to a reduction
experience, thereby reinforcing and resulting in repetition of the behavior. Psychic numbing dec
tects an individual from emotional pain and, therefore, the learned response is the repetition o
5. As the sole survivor of a roadside bombing, a veteran is experiencing extreme guilt. Which nu
would address this client’s symptom?
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