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CASE STUDY 3: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) A 27-year-old man comes to the Veterans Administration Hospital at the insistence of his fiancee who accompanies him to the appointment. She tells you that her fiance has not "been the same" since he returned from his second tour in Iraq. He was an infantryman with a local Marine Reserve unit and served 2 tours and was honorably discharged. Since his return, he has had difficulty sleeping, and he "sleeps with one eye open" and fears sleep. Deep sleep brings vivid nightmares. He admits to having experienced several traumatic events during his second tour of duty. He is unwilling to discuss them and will not reveal specific details. He is short tempered and irritable and is afraid to be around people as he doesn't want to snap at people and alienate them. He startles easily at loud noises, especially the sounds of cars backfiring. He admits to thinking there are threats everywhere and spends an excessive amount of searching for them but never finding any. He has intrusive memories almost every day and says he really isn't interested in doing much of anything. He is very worried that these symptoms are irreparably hurting his relationship with his fiancee who he loves very much. You suspect hsi diagnosis to be post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Question1: Describe the changes seen in the brain structure in patients with PTSD. Question 2: Prioritize 3 nursing diagnoses by completing the nursing diagnosis template from your careplan (you must have a total of 3 nursing interventions). ***Remember that when evaluating your interventions, you are assessing the effectiveness of your interventions (not providing further rationales)*** References: 00