Crisis Intervention…..
Which is the priority nursing intervention for Mr. Helms? - correct answer
✔Determine Mr. Helms's risk for self-harm.
Assessing the patient's risk for self-harm and harm to others is the priority
nursing intervention.
What is a main goal of the nurse during crisis intervention? - correct answer
✔Resolve the negative impact of the crisis on the patient's functioning
A main goal of crisis intervention is to enable the patient to resolve the
negative impact of the crisis on daily functioning.
Which statements are true of crisis? - correct answer ✔Everyone
experiences crisis in his or her lifetime.
Everyone is likely to experience a maturational or situational crisis in his or her
lifetime.
Crisis depends on a person's perception of an event.
Crisis is unique to the person experiencing the event. The loss of a pet or
failing an exam could be a crisis for one person but not for another.
Crisis occurs when an event overwhelms an individual's coping skills.
Crisis occurs when the patient's coping skills fail to enable him or her to
manage a situation.
Which individual is experiencing a maturational crisis? - correct answer ✔A
60-year-old male buying a sports car after suddenly leaving his family
A person transitioning into a new life stage—such as nearing retirement—may
experience a maturational crisis.
, Which are examples of adventitious crises? - correct answer ✔A family loses
their home in a flood.
Natural disasters such as floods are adventitious crises.
A young woman is raped on a college campus.
Incidents of crime such as rape are adventitious crises.
Students are traumatized by a school shooting.
Incidents of crime such as shootings are adventitious crises.
A wildfire causes evacuation of a neighborhood.
Natural disasters such as fires are adventitious crises.
Place the phases of disaster response in order. - correct answer
✔Development of approved disaster plans for responding to vulnerability of
individuals and the environment to a specific type of potential crisis (natural or
man- made). Plans include goals for stabilization and recovery after the crisis.
Individuals and community are alerted about the plan and the goals.
Strategic strategies are considered to minimize the significant impact of the
disaster on the health of humans, animals, and community services/functions.
The plan is implemented with careful attention paid to rescue activities for
potential revisions to the plan in the future.
Individuals and community resources affected by the disaster are stabilized.
The recovery process is, frequently, an extended process that requires
Which is the priority nursing intervention for Mr. Helms? - correct answer
✔Determine Mr. Helms's risk for self-harm.
Assessing the patient's risk for self-harm and harm to others is the priority
nursing intervention.
What is a main goal of the nurse during crisis intervention? - correct answer
✔Resolve the negative impact of the crisis on the patient's functioning
A main goal of crisis intervention is to enable the patient to resolve the
negative impact of the crisis on daily functioning.
Which statements are true of crisis? - correct answer ✔Everyone
experiences crisis in his or her lifetime.
Everyone is likely to experience a maturational or situational crisis in his or her
lifetime.
Crisis depends on a person's perception of an event.
Crisis is unique to the person experiencing the event. The loss of a pet or
failing an exam could be a crisis for one person but not for another.
Crisis occurs when an event overwhelms an individual's coping skills.
Crisis occurs when the patient's coping skills fail to enable him or her to
manage a situation.
Which individual is experiencing a maturational crisis? - correct answer ✔A
60-year-old male buying a sports car after suddenly leaving his family
A person transitioning into a new life stage—such as nearing retirement—may
experience a maturational crisis.
, Which are examples of adventitious crises? - correct answer ✔A family loses
their home in a flood.
Natural disasters such as floods are adventitious crises.
A young woman is raped on a college campus.
Incidents of crime such as rape are adventitious crises.
Students are traumatized by a school shooting.
Incidents of crime such as shootings are adventitious crises.
A wildfire causes evacuation of a neighborhood.
Natural disasters such as fires are adventitious crises.
Place the phases of disaster response in order. - correct answer
✔Development of approved disaster plans for responding to vulnerability of
individuals and the environment to a specific type of potential crisis (natural or
man- made). Plans include goals for stabilization and recovery after the crisis.
Individuals and community are alerted about the plan and the goals.
Strategic strategies are considered to minimize the significant impact of the
disaster on the health of humans, animals, and community services/functions.
The plan is implemented with careful attention paid to rescue activities for
potential revisions to the plan in the future.
Individuals and community resources affected by the disaster are stabilized.
The recovery process is, frequently, an extended process that requires
