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Obsessive?Compulsive and Related Disorders

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Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing 8th Edition
Obsessive?Compulsive and Related Disorders

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Question 1 of 5

The nursing student correctly identifies which of the following statements are true of the etiology of OCD?

A. The cognitive model for OCD etiology focuses on childhood and environmental experiences of growing up.

B. The etiology of OCD is not definitively explained at this time.

C. OCD is caused by immune dysfunction.

D. The primary etiology of OCD is genetics.

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Question 2 of 5

Which of the following are features of the thinking of a person who has OCD according to the cognitive model?

A. The person with OCD employs a minimalist approach to all aspects of his or her life.

B. The person with OCD believes one's thoughts are overly important and has a need to control those thoughts as they overestimate the threat posed by their thoughts.

C. The person with OCD is always aware that his or her behavior is related to OCD.

D. The person with OCD is concerned with perfectionism and has an intolerance of uncertainty.

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Question 3 of 5

The nurse is caring for her first client with obsessive/compulsive disorder. During the treatment team meeting, the nurse shares her frustration as to the client's inability to stop washing his hands. The nurse manager offers which one of the following explanations?

A. The hand washing represents a way to exert independence from the staff.

B. The client is not aware of the excessive hand washing.

C. The client does not think anything is abnormal with washing his hands repeatedly.

D. The client feels terrible but cannot stop washing his hands to try to get rid of his anxiety.

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Question 4 of 5

The nurse correctly identifies that which of OCDs self-soothing behaviors may involve self-destruction of the body of a person who has OCD?

A. Dermatillomania

B. Trichotillomania

C. Onychophagia

D. Kleptomania

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Question 5 of 5

The student nurse correctly identifies that which of the following are characteristics of hoarding disorder?

A. Excessive acquisition of animals or apparently useless things

B. Cluttered living spaces that become uninhabitable

C. Significant distress or impairment for the individual

D. Disposing of articles that are of no value

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Which of the following are important for the nurse to remember when teaching relaxation and behavioral techniques to a client with OCD?
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