Test Bank - for The Psychiatric Interview Fifth Edition( Author DANIEL J. CARLAT, 2024) Latest Edition All Chapters | Complete Solution Guide A+.

, The Psychiatric Interview 4th Edition Carlat Test Bank
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(Chapter 1-Chapter 3)The Initial Interview: A Preview Chapter 2: Logistic Preparations: What
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to Do Before the Interview
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Chapter 3: The Therapeutic Alliance: What It Is, Why It's Important, and How to Establish It
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MULTIPLE CHOICE
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1. Which outcome, focused on recovery, would be expected in the plan of care for a patient
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living in the community and diagnosed with serious and persistent mental illness? Within
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3 months, the patient will:
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a. deny suicidal ideation. FI FI




b. report a sense of well-being. FI FI FI FI




c. take medications as prescribed.
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d. attend clinic appointments on time. FI FI FI FI




ANS: B
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Recovery emphasizes managing symptoms, reducing psychosocial disability, and improving
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role performance. The goal of recovery is to empower the individual with mental illness to
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achieve a sense of meaning and satisfaction in life and to function at the highest possible level
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of wellness. The incorrect options focus on the classic medical model rather than recovery.
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2. A patient is hospitalized for depression and suicidal ideation after their spouse asks for a
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divorce. Select the nurses most caring comment.
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a. Lets discuss some means of coping other than suicide when you have these feelings.
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b. I understand why youre so depressed. When I got divorced, I was devastated too.
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c. You should forget about your marriage and move on with your life.
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d. How did you get so depressed that hospitalization was necessary?
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ANS: A
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The nurses communication should evidence caring and a commitment to work with the patient.
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This commitment lets the patient know the nurse will help. Probing and advice are not helpful
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or therapeutic interventions.
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3. In the shift-change report, an off-going nurse criticizes a patient who wears heavy makeup.
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FI Which comment by the nurse who receives the report best demonstrates advocacy?
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a. This is a psychiatric hospital. Craziness is what we are all about.
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b. Lets all show acceptance of this patient by wearing lots of makeup too.
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,c. Your comments are inconsiderate and inappropriate. Keep the report objective.
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d. Our patients need our help to learn behaviors that will help them get along in society.
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ANS: D
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Accepting patients needs for self-expression and seeking to teach skills that will contribute to
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their well-being demonstrate respect and are important parts of advocacy. The on-coming
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nurse needs to take action to ensure that others are not prejudiced against the patient. Humor
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can be appropriate within the privacy of a shift report but not at the expense of respect for
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patients.
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Judging the off-going nurse in a critical way will create conflict. Nurses must show compassion
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for each other.
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4. A nurse assesses a newly admitted patient diagnosed with major depressive disorder. Which
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statement is an example of attending?
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a. We all have stress in life. Being in a psychiatric hospital isnt the end of the world.
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b. Tell me why you felt you had to be hospitalized to receive treatment for your depression.
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c. You will feel better after we get some antidepressant medication started for you.
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d. Id like to sit with you a while so you may feel more comfortable talking with
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me. ANS: D
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Attending is a technique that demonstrates the nurses commitment to the relationship and
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reduces feelings of isolation. This technique shows respect for the patient and demonstrates
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caring. Generalizations, probing, and false reassurances are non-therapeutic.
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5. A patient shows the nurse an article from the Internet about a health problem. Which
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characteristic of the web sites address most alerts the nurse that the site may have biased
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and prejudiced information?
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a. Address ends in .org. FI FI FI




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ANS: B
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Financial influences on a site are a clue that the information may be biased. .com at the end of
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the address indicates that the site is a commercial one. .gov indicates that the site is
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maintained by a government entity. .org indicates that the site is nonproprietary; the site may
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or may not have reliable information, but it does not profit from its activities. .net can have
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multiple
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6. A nurse says, When I was in school, I learned to call upset patients by name to get their
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attention; however, I read a descriptive research study that says that this approach does not
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FI work. I plan to stop calling patients by name. Which statement is the best appraisal of this
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nurses comment?
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a. One descriptive research study rarely provides enough evidence to change practice.
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b. Staff nurses apply new research findings only with the help from clinical nurse specialists.
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c. New research findings should be incorporated into clinical algorithms before using them in
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practice.
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d. The nurse misinterpreted the results of the study. Classic tenets of practice do not change.
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ANS: A
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Descriptive research findings provide evidence for practice but must be viewed in relation to
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other studies before practice changes. One study is not enough. Descriptive studies are low on
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the hierarchy of evidence. Clinical algorithms use flow charts to manage problems and do not
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specify one response to a clinical problem. Classic tenets of practice should change as
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research findings provide evidence for change.
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7. Two nursing students discuss career plans after graduation. One student wants to enter
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psychiatric nursing. The other student asks, Why would you want to be a psychiatric nurse?
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All they do is talk. You will lose your skills. Select the best response by the student interested
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in psychiatric nursing.
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a. Psychiatric nurses practice in safer environments than other specialties. Nurse-to-patient ratios
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must be better because of the nature of patients problems.
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b. Psychiatric nurses use complex communication skills, as well as critical thinking, to solve
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multidimensional problems. Im challenged by those situations.
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c. I think I will be good in the mental health field. I do not like clinical rotations in school, so
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I do not want to continue them after I graduate.
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d. Psychiatric nurses do not have to deal with as much pain and suffering as medical surgical
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nurses. That appeals to me.
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The practice of psychiatric nursing requires a different set of skills than medical surgical
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nursing, although substantial overlap does exist. Psychiatric nurses must be able to help
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patients with medical and mental health problems, reflecting the holistic perspective these
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nurses must have.
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