NSG 3450 Exam 2 Class Review
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A. To build trust and rapport. - answers✔✔The nurse is interviewing a client admitted to an
inpatient psychiatric unit with a diagnosis of depressive disorder. Which is the primary goal in
the assessment phase of the nursing process for this client?
A. To build trust and rapport.
B. To identify goals and outcomes.
C. To collect and organize information.
D. To identify and validate the medical diagnosis.
A. Being consistent in adhering to unit guidelines. - answers✔✔Which nursing intervention
would establish trust with a client who is experiencing concrete thinking?
A. Being consistent in adhering to unit guidelines.
B. Calling the client by name.
C. Sharing what the client is feeling.
D. Teaching the meaning of any idioms used.
, A. Simply and clearly providing reasons for policies and procedures. - answers✔✔Which is a
nursing intervention that would promote the development of trust in the nurse-client
relationship?
A. Simply and clearly providing reasons for policies and procedures.
B. Calling the client by name and title such as "Mr. Hawkins."
C. Striving to understand the motivations behind the client's behavior.
D. Taking the client's ideas into consideration when planning care.
A. "I can see that you are upset. Tell me how you feel." - answers✔✔In a psychiatric inpatient
setting, the nurse observes an adolescent client's peers calling the client names. In this context,
which statement by the nurse exemplifies the concept of empathy?
A. "I can see that you are upset. Tell me how you feel."
B. "Your peers are being insensitive. I would be upset also."
C. "I used to be called names as a child. I know it can hurt feelings."
D. "I get angry when people are treated cruelly."
B. Establish trust. - answers✔✔Which is the goal for the orientation phase of the nurse-client
relationship?
A. Explore self-perceptions.
B. Establish trust.
C. Promote change.
D. Evaluate goal attainment.
questions and complete resolved
accurate answers
A. To build trust and rapport. - answers✔✔The nurse is interviewing a client admitted to an
inpatient psychiatric unit with a diagnosis of depressive disorder. Which is the primary goal in
the assessment phase of the nursing process for this client?
A. To build trust and rapport.
B. To identify goals and outcomes.
C. To collect and organize information.
D. To identify and validate the medical diagnosis.
A. Being consistent in adhering to unit guidelines. - answers✔✔Which nursing intervention
would establish trust with a client who is experiencing concrete thinking?
A. Being consistent in adhering to unit guidelines.
B. Calling the client by name.
C. Sharing what the client is feeling.
D. Teaching the meaning of any idioms used.
, A. Simply and clearly providing reasons for policies and procedures. - answers✔✔Which is a
nursing intervention that would promote the development of trust in the nurse-client
relationship?
A. Simply and clearly providing reasons for policies and procedures.
B. Calling the client by name and title such as "Mr. Hawkins."
C. Striving to understand the motivations behind the client's behavior.
D. Taking the client's ideas into consideration when planning care.
A. "I can see that you are upset. Tell me how you feel." - answers✔✔In a psychiatric inpatient
setting, the nurse observes an adolescent client's peers calling the client names. In this context,
which statement by the nurse exemplifies the concept of empathy?
A. "I can see that you are upset. Tell me how you feel."
B. "Your peers are being insensitive. I would be upset also."
C. "I used to be called names as a child. I know it can hurt feelings."
D. "I get angry when people are treated cruelly."
B. Establish trust. - answers✔✔Which is the goal for the orientation phase of the nurse-client
relationship?
A. Explore self-perceptions.
B. Establish trust.
C. Promote change.
D. Evaluate goal attainment.
