Week 2 Quiz
A client has just lost a close friend. Which client statement best supports the nurse's
assessment that the client has demonstrated resiliency? - ANS-"I'll learned from experiencing
other losses that I'll be alright."
A family's home and possessions are lost when a massive forest fire burns out of control.
Afterward, the family unites to apply for emergency assistance and rebuilds in the same
location. Which concept is this family demonstrating? - ANS-Reilience
A group of nurses takes action to ensure that consumers have the authority to choose from
various health care options, participate in their health care decisions, and provide education and
support. Which component of the recovery process has been enhanced? - ANS-Empowerment
A newly divorced client assumes all blame for the failure of the marriage and feels incapable of
getting involved in a future relationship. According to Freud's psychoanalytic theory, what can
the nurse interpret from this behavior? - ANS-The client's superego is more powerful than ego
and id
A nurse approaches a client who is demonstrating behaviors associated with delusional thinking
and paranoia. What would be the most common diagnosis supported by these behaviors? -
ANS-Schizophrenia
A nurse is assessing behavior patterns in clients based on age-appropriate development. Which
developmental model should the nurse apply? - ANS-Erik Erikson's eight stages of
development.
A nurse wants to find a description of the diagnostic criteria for additive disorders. Which
resource should have the most complete information? - ANS-Diagnostic and Statistical Manual
of Menatal Disorders, 5th Ed. (DSM-5)
A nurse who needs to obtain research findings understands that he or she can use what
source? - ANS-Clinical practice guidelines, Clinical algorithms, Internet resources.
A person says to the nurse, "Once in a while I have some anxiety about my job but otherwise,
life is good." Where is this person on the mental health-mental illness continuum? -
ANS-Well-being
About how many diagnoses does the current DSM-5 delineate? - ANS-300
, According the American Nurses Association (ANA), advocacy in nursing includes a commitment
to which factors? - ANS-Alleviation of suffering in death, Clients' well-being, Safety across the
lifespan.
According to Carl Rogers's person-centered therapy, which behavior model should the nurse
apply when managing clients? - ANS-View each client as unique, and show empathy.
According to cognitive theory, mental illness is caused by a faulty psychological process that
can be corrected by increasing one's personal insight and understanding. Which factor
challenges that this theory is not always correct? - ANS-Identifying the effects of chlorpromazine
An adolescent client tells the nurse, "My mom scolded me yesterday, and I was crying for 3
hours. I have never cried like this before. Does this mean I have a psychiatric illness?" What is
the appropriate response from the nurse? - ANS-"You experienced an emotional outburst."
Current information suggests that the most disabling mental disorders are the result of what? -
ANS-Biological influences
Evidence-based practice in nursing incorporates what factors? - ANS-Clinical research. Nurse's
treatment preferences. Nurse's experience. Client's preferences and desires.
Evidence-based practice in nursing incorporates clinical research, as well as evidence that is
not found in research studies. The nurse's clinical knowledge and experience, as well as the
client's preferences and desires, are also incorporated. Nursing treatment preferences are not
relevant to evidence-based practice.
Freud believed that individuals cope with anxiety by using what? - ANS-Defense mechanisms
How did Sullivan view anxiety? - ANS-Any painful feeling or emotion arising from social
insecurity.
In order to demonstrate integration of evidence-based practice (EBP) into the care of a client
hospitalized for severe depression who has been taking a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors
(SSRIs) for several weeks, the nurse will include which action in the plan of care? - ANS-Assess
the client for the presence of suicidal ideations with feasible plans.
Managing symptoms, reducing psychosocial disability, and improving role performance are
components of what model of mental health care? - ANS-Recovery model
Maslow's theory of humanistic psychology has provided nursing with a framework for what type
of intervention? - ANS-Prioritizing nursing care.
Rationale: Central to Maslow's theory is the assumption that human beings are active rather
than passive participants in life, striving for self-actualization. Maslow (1968) focuses on human
A client has just lost a close friend. Which client statement best supports the nurse's
assessment that the client has demonstrated resiliency? - ANS-"I'll learned from experiencing
other losses that I'll be alright."
A family's home and possessions are lost when a massive forest fire burns out of control.
Afterward, the family unites to apply for emergency assistance and rebuilds in the same
location. Which concept is this family demonstrating? - ANS-Reilience
A group of nurses takes action to ensure that consumers have the authority to choose from
various health care options, participate in their health care decisions, and provide education and
support. Which component of the recovery process has been enhanced? - ANS-Empowerment
A newly divorced client assumes all blame for the failure of the marriage and feels incapable of
getting involved in a future relationship. According to Freud's psychoanalytic theory, what can
the nurse interpret from this behavior? - ANS-The client's superego is more powerful than ego
and id
A nurse approaches a client who is demonstrating behaviors associated with delusional thinking
and paranoia. What would be the most common diagnosis supported by these behaviors? -
ANS-Schizophrenia
A nurse is assessing behavior patterns in clients based on age-appropriate development. Which
developmental model should the nurse apply? - ANS-Erik Erikson's eight stages of
development.
A nurse wants to find a description of the diagnostic criteria for additive disorders. Which
resource should have the most complete information? - ANS-Diagnostic and Statistical Manual
of Menatal Disorders, 5th Ed. (DSM-5)
A nurse who needs to obtain research findings understands that he or she can use what
source? - ANS-Clinical practice guidelines, Clinical algorithms, Internet resources.
A person says to the nurse, "Once in a while I have some anxiety about my job but otherwise,
life is good." Where is this person on the mental health-mental illness continuum? -
ANS-Well-being
About how many diagnoses does the current DSM-5 delineate? - ANS-300
, According the American Nurses Association (ANA), advocacy in nursing includes a commitment
to which factors? - ANS-Alleviation of suffering in death, Clients' well-being, Safety across the
lifespan.
According to Carl Rogers's person-centered therapy, which behavior model should the nurse
apply when managing clients? - ANS-View each client as unique, and show empathy.
According to cognitive theory, mental illness is caused by a faulty psychological process that
can be corrected by increasing one's personal insight and understanding. Which factor
challenges that this theory is not always correct? - ANS-Identifying the effects of chlorpromazine
An adolescent client tells the nurse, "My mom scolded me yesterday, and I was crying for 3
hours. I have never cried like this before. Does this mean I have a psychiatric illness?" What is
the appropriate response from the nurse? - ANS-"You experienced an emotional outburst."
Current information suggests that the most disabling mental disorders are the result of what? -
ANS-Biological influences
Evidence-based practice in nursing incorporates what factors? - ANS-Clinical research. Nurse's
treatment preferences. Nurse's experience. Client's preferences and desires.
Evidence-based practice in nursing incorporates clinical research, as well as evidence that is
not found in research studies. The nurse's clinical knowledge and experience, as well as the
client's preferences and desires, are also incorporated. Nursing treatment preferences are not
relevant to evidence-based practice.
Freud believed that individuals cope with anxiety by using what? - ANS-Defense mechanisms
How did Sullivan view anxiety? - ANS-Any painful feeling or emotion arising from social
insecurity.
In order to demonstrate integration of evidence-based practice (EBP) into the care of a client
hospitalized for severe depression who has been taking a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors
(SSRIs) for several weeks, the nurse will include which action in the plan of care? - ANS-Assess
the client for the presence of suicidal ideations with feasible plans.
Managing symptoms, reducing psychosocial disability, and improving role performance are
components of what model of mental health care? - ANS-Recovery model
Maslow's theory of humanistic psychology has provided nursing with a framework for what type
of intervention? - ANS-Prioritizing nursing care.
Rationale: Central to Maslow's theory is the assumption that human beings are active rather
than passive participants in life, striving for self-actualization. Maslow (1968) focuses on human
