Question

Malcolm is a patient in a critical care unit. The nurses on the unit have noted that Malcolm deals extremely poorly with both actual and potential stressors. In fact, every time a stressor arises, Malcolm seems to deteriorate further. Based on this description, the nurses would most likely place Malcolm:

A) In level 1 with regard to the characteristic of vulnerability

B) In level 1 with regard to the characteristic of resource availability

C) In level 5 with regard to the characteristic of vulnerability

D) In level 5 with regard to the characteristic of resource availability

Answer 1

Answer; A) In level 1 with the regard to the characteristics of vulnerability.

Reason ; In the given case, according to the Synergy model, the patient had a problem with the stressful situation and coping mechanism. He was so light and very fragile in all comdition. So this patient would need to placed under level 1 in vulnerability. Resource availability is not relevant to the given case. Therefore the above mentioned condition would be the most appropriate one.