Exam 21: Crisis: Theory and Intervention

Several school-age children injured in a school bus accident were brought to the ED.Family members and friends paced back and forth in the waiting room.Members of the crisis team were called in for the primary purpose of:

Which characteristic makes a stressful event a crisis situation? Select all that apply.

Which clinical picture can the nurse expect to see most frequently among patients who have been in a bus-train collision and derailment?

Which patient has the greatest risk for the development of a psychiatric emergency?

A new nurse mentions,"I can understand a situational crisis upsetting a person's equilibrium,but I don't understand how something positive,like getting married or having a baby,can precipitate a crisis." To explain,the mentor should answer,"You need to think of a crisis as a(n):

At the crisis center a staff nurse tells the nurse clinician,"The patient is dealing with an internal crisis situation." Which situation would qualify as a trigger for that designation?

Which behavior is observed in the disillusionment stage of a community's adjustment to a devastating hurricane?