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Mental Health Nursing Sixth Edition by Robynn
Gorman, Linda M.; Anwar||ISBN
NO:10,1719645604||ISBN NO:13,978-1719645607||All
Chapters||Complete Guide A+. Brand New!!!

___________________________________________________________________

1. A patient is expressing anger when the nurse attempts to make him take a
medication that he is refusing. If the nurse pushes to give the medication
against his will, the nurse is:


A.


Violating the patient's rights.


B.


Achieving a treatment goal to get the medication in the patient any way
possible.


C.


Supporting the family's demand that he take the medication.


D.

,Following orders from the charge nurse.

A

2.. A mental health nurse bumps into a member of her church, who begins
questioning her about a former neighbor. The woman from the church asks the
nurse, "How is Rachael? We have been friends for over 20 years and I have seen
her come out of your clinic a few times. Is she seeing one of the psychiatrists?"
The nurse's response is:


A.


"The HIPAA law prevents me from disclosing any information about any
patient."


B.


"All I can say is she is seeing Dr. Leone."


C.


"Rachael is seeing Dr. Leone because she is concerned about feeling extremely
happy sometimes and about feeling extremely depressed other times."


D.

,"Rachael was only there to renew her medication."

A

3. You are working on a mental health unit and have a diverse group of patients.
Some of the patients are of Middle Eastern descent. These patients have
communicated to you that they would like to follow the same period for praying
as they did prior to admission. What is your response?


A.


"You are in America now."


B.


"You can go back to your regular time for praying when you are discharged."


C.


"How can I accommodate you with your prayer time?"


D.


"Would you like to learn another prayer?"

C

, 4. The nursing student uses the client's full name on the assigned care plan
during her recent clinical rotation. What is the instructor's priority intervention?


A.


Express the importance of factual documentation and that it should include the
patient's name.


B.


Remind the student of the importance of maintaining patient confidentiality.


C.


Discuss with student that the patient is homeless and illiterate. As a result of
this, maybe the patient will not be embarrassed about their homelessness
status; therefore confidentiality is not an issue.


D.


Explain to the student because the patient was committed involuntary,
confidentiality is not an issue.

B

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