2023 Rasmussen: Mental Health Exam 2 Latest Version 2024 Rasmussen: Mental Health Exam 2

10) Which piece of subjective data obtained during the nurse's psychosocial assessment of a client experiencing severe anxiety would indicate the possibility of obsessive-compulsive disorder? a. "I have to keep checking to see where my car keys are." b. "My legs feel weak most of the time." c. "I'm afraid to go out in public." d. "I keep reliving the rape." {Ans: ANS: A Recurring doubt (obsessive thinking) and the need to check (compulsive behavior) suggest obsessive-compulsive disorder. The repetitive behavior is designed to decrease anxiety but fails and must be repeated. Option B is more in keeping with a somatoform disorder. Option C is associated with agoraphobia and option D with posttraumatic stress disorder.}33) lf a cruel and abusive person rationalizes the behavior, which comment would be most characteristic of rationalization as a defense mechanism? 33) If a cruel and abusive person rationalizes the behavior, which comment would be most characteristic? a. "I don't know why it happens." b. "That person shouldn't have provoked me." c. "I'm really a coward who is afraid of being hurt." d. "I have poor impulse control." {Ans: ANS: B Rationalization consists of justifying one's unacceptable behavior by developing explanations that satisfy