Question

Carl returned 6 months ago from his yearlong deployment to Afghanistan. After a difficult period of readjustment, he was diagnosed by the DVA psychiatrist with PTSD. He has been experiencing flashbacks, and he has almost nightly intrusive dreams of his combat experiences. He tried returning to his predeployment job as a computer technologist, but he had difficulty concentrating, was making mistakes, and had exaggerated startle responses to workplace noises. Today, his wife called 911 when she returned home from work and found him unresponsive on the bed and an empty container of alprazolam on the bedside table. After being stabilized in the emergency room, Carl was transferred to the psychiatric unit. The physician ordered sertraline 100 mg daily and lorazepam 1 mg tid and prn. The admitting nurse is preparing Carl’s care plan.

1. What is the priority nursing diagnosis for Carl?

2. What are some treatment modalities that the physician may prescribe for Carl?

Answer 1

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