Nursing 233: Mental Health Nursing
Week 6: Pre-Class Assignments
Concept: Psychosis
Review:
Review the Giddens chapter 32 on Psychosis.
Task
Identifying signs and symptoms
Clustering related information
Using professional guidelines (to determine other healthcare provides to work with)
Answer the following questions:
1. As a generalist RN functioning as a staff nurse, what is your role related to the
concept of psychosis? Data collection, establishing a therapeutic relationship,
interventions, education, and reassessment.
2. What are the types of symptoms that might indicate a person is experiencing
psychosis?
Positive symptoms: define positive symptoms and list them: Feelings or behavior that
are usually not present: hallucinations, delusions, paranoia, alogia, disorganized
speech, and disorganized behavior.
Negative symptoms: define negative symptoms and list them: Absence or lack of mental
function involving thinking, behavior, and perception: apathy, reduced social drive, loss
of interest, difficulty concentrating, and organization deficit.
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Week 6: Pre-Class Assignments
3. List at least four general etiologies of psychosis including risk factors.
Schizophrenia, severe depression, bipolar disorder, brain tumor, and postpartum
psychosis.
4. Based on your answers to the above questions, complete the following table.
Information to collect during a history
Known attributes and facts about and physical
psychosis
Difficulty concentrating Physical exam
Depressed mood Detailed patient history to rule out
organic causes of psychosis
Sleeping too much or not enough Interview with patient
Anxiety Clinical assessments
Suspiciousness ABC checklist
Withdrawal from family & friends Anxiety disorders interview schedule
Delusions Psychotic behavior rating scale
Hallucinations Do you see or hear things that are not
there
5. Knowing the various causes of psychosis, what types of diagnostic tests would you
expect to have been ordered for a patient seen in the emergency department who is
unknown to the healthcare agency and displaying manifestations of psychosis?
Psychological evaluation, xray, blood cultures, Adolescent behavior checklist (ABC),
Anxiety disorders interview schedule (ADIS-IV), Psychotic behavior rating scale
(PBRS).
©2016, Linda Caputi, Inc., Adapted and used with permission. 2
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Week 6: Pre-Class Assignments
Concept: Psychosis
Review:
Review the Giddens chapter 32 on Psychosis.
Task
Identifying signs and symptoms
Clustering related information
Using professional guidelines (to determine other healthcare provides to work with)
Answer the following questions:
1. As a generalist RN functioning as a staff nurse, what is your role related to the
concept of psychosis? Data collection, establishing a therapeutic relationship,
interventions, education, and reassessment.
2. What are the types of symptoms that might indicate a person is experiencing
psychosis?
Positive symptoms: define positive symptoms and list them: Feelings or behavior that
are usually not present: hallucinations, delusions, paranoia, alogia, disorganized
speech, and disorganized behavior.
Negative symptoms: define negative symptoms and list them: Absence or lack of mental
function involving thinking, behavior, and perception: apathy, reduced social drive, loss
of interest, difficulty concentrating, and organization deficit.
©2016, Linda Caputi, Inc., Adapted and used with permission. 1
This study source was downloaded by 100000903111493 from CourseHero.com on 03-06-2026 12:10:34 GMT -06:00
https://www.coursehero.com/file/67556182/NUR233-Week-6-Pre-Class-Assignmentsdoc/
, Nursing 233: Mental Health Nursing
Week 6: Pre-Class Assignments
3. List at least four general etiologies of psychosis including risk factors.
Schizophrenia, severe depression, bipolar disorder, brain tumor, and postpartum
psychosis.
4. Based on your answers to the above questions, complete the following table.
Information to collect during a history
Known attributes and facts about and physical
psychosis
Difficulty concentrating Physical exam
Depressed mood Detailed patient history to rule out
organic causes of psychosis
Sleeping too much or not enough Interview with patient
Anxiety Clinical assessments
Suspiciousness ABC checklist
Withdrawal from family & friends Anxiety disorders interview schedule
Delusions Psychotic behavior rating scale
Hallucinations Do you see or hear things that are not
there
5. Knowing the various causes of psychosis, what types of diagnostic tests would you
expect to have been ordered for a patient seen in the emergency department who is
unknown to the healthcare agency and displaying manifestations of psychosis?
Psychological evaluation, xray, blood cultures, Adolescent behavior checklist (ABC),
Anxiety disorders interview schedule (ADIS-IV), Psychotic behavior rating scale
(PBRS).
©2016, Linda Caputi, Inc., Adapted and used with permission. 2
This study source was downloaded by 100000903111493 from CourseHero.com on 03-06-2026 12:10:34 GMT -06:00
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