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Chapter 1. Examination and Diagnosis of the Psychiatric Patient
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Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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1. A nurse is assessing a client who is experiencing occasional feel ap ap ap ap ap ap ap ap ap ap
ings of sadness because of the recent death of a beloved pet. The client’s appetite, slee
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p patterns, and daily routine have not changed. How should the nurse interpret t
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he client’s behaviors?
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The client’s behaviors demonstrate mental
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illness in the form of depression. ap ap ap ap ap
The client’s behaviors are extensive, which
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indicates the presence of mental illness. ap ap ap ap ap
The client’s behaviors are not congruent with
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The client’s behaviors demonstrate no functio
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4. nal impairment, indicating no mental
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illness.
2. At what point should the nurse determine that a client is at risk f ap ap ap ap ap ap ap ap ap ap ap ap ap
or developing a mental illness?
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not reflective of the DSM-5 criteria. ap ap ap ap ap
When maladaptive responses to stress are coupl ap ap ap ap ap ap
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functioning.
When a client communicates significant ap ap ap ap
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distress.
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3. A nurse is assessing a set of 15-year- ap ap ap ap ap ap ap
old identical twins who respond very differently to stress. One twin becomes anxiou
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s and irritable, and the other withdraws and cries. How should the nurse explain thes
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e different stress responses to the parents?
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Reactions to stress are relative rather than absol ap ap ap ap ap ap ap
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vary.
It is abnormal for identical twins to react ap ap ap ap ap ap ap
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differently to similar stressors. ap ap ap
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temperament and respond similarly to stress. ap ap ap ap ap
Environmental influences to stress weigh ap ap ap ap
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more heavily than genetic influences.
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4. Which client should the nurse anticipate to be most ap ap ap ap ap ap ap ap ap
receptive to psychiatric treatment?
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1. A Jewish, female social worker. ap ap ap ap
2. A Baptist, homeless male. ap ap ap
3. A Catholic, black male. ap ap ap
4. A Protestant, Swedish business executive. ap ap ap ap
5. A psychiatric nurse intern states, “This client’s use of defense
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mechanisms should be eliminated.” Which is a correct evaluation of this nurse’s state
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ment?
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eliminated.
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should always be eliminated. ap ap ap
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discouraged and not eliminated. ap ap ap
Defense mechanisms cause disintegration of t
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4. he ego and should be fostered and
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encouraged.
6. During an intake assessment, a nurse asks both physiological a
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nd psychosocial questions. The client angrily responds, “I’m here for my heart, not m
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y head problems.” Which is the nurse’s best response?
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“It is just a routine part of our assessment. All cl ap ap ap ap ap ap ap ap ap ap
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conditions.”
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, “We can skip these questions, if you like. It is
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4. n’t imperative that we complete this
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section.”
7. An employee uses the defense mechanism of displacement wh
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en the boss openly disagrees with suggestions. What behavior would be expected fro
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m this employee?
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1. The employee assertively confronts the boss. ap ap ap ap ap
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grade boy teases and makes jokes about a cute girl in his class. This behavior shoul
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d be identified by a nurse as indicative of which defense mechanism?
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1. Displacement
2. Projection
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4. Sublimation
9. Which nursing statement about the concept of neurosis is most accurate?
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distress.
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10. Which nursing statement regarding the concept of psychosis is most
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accurate?
Individuals experiencing psychoses are aware ap ap ap ap
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that their behaviors are maladaptive.
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