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Psych Test 1: Test bank WITH 100% SURE ANSWERS
Terms in this set (234)
1. Which outcome, focused on recovery, b. report a sense of well-being.
would be expected in the plan of care for a
patient living in the community with serious
and persistent mental illness? Within 3
months, the patient will:
a. deny suicidal ideation.
b. report a sense of well-being.
c. take medications as prescribed.
d. attend clinic appointments on time.
2. A patient is hospitalized for depression a. "Let's discuss some means of coping other than suicide when you have these
and suicidal ideation after their spouse asks feelings."
for a divorce. Select the nurse's most caring
comment.
a. "Let's discuss some means of coping
other than suicide when you have these
feelings."
b. "I understand why you're so depressed.
When I got divorced, I was devastated
too."
c. "You should forget about your marriage
and move on with your life."
d. "How did you get so depressed that
hospitalization was necessary?"
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,3. In the shift-change report, an off-going d. "Our patients need our help to learn behaviors that will help them get along in
nurse criticizes a patient who wears heavy society."
makeup. Which comment by the nurse who
receives the report best demonstrates
advocacy?
a. "This is a psychiatric hospital. Craziness is
what we are all about."
b. "Let's all show acceptance of this patient
by wearing lots of makeup too."
c. "Your comments are inconsiderate and
inappropriate. Keep the report objective."
d. "Our patients need our help to learn
behaviors that will help them get along in
society."
4. A nurse assesses a newly admitted d. "I'd like to sit with you a while so you may feel more comfortable talking with me."
patient with depression. Which statement is
an example of "attending"?
a. "We all have stress in life. Being in a
psychiatric hospital isn't the end of the
world."
b. "Tell me why you felt you had to be
hospitalized to receive treatment for your
depression."
c. "You will feel better after we get some
antidepressant medication started for you."
d. "I'd like to sit with you a while so you may
feel more comfortable talking with me."
5. A patient shows the nurse an article from b. Address ends in ".com."
the Internet about a health problem. Which
characteristic of the web site's address
most alerts the nurse that the site may have
biased and prejudiced information?
a. Address ends in ".org."
b. Address ends in ".com."
c. Address ends in ".gov."
d. Address ends in ".net."
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, 6. A nurse says, "When I was in school I a. One descriptive research study rarely provides enough evidence to change
learned to call upset patients by name to practice.
get their attention, but I read a descriptive
research study that says that this approach
doesn't work. I'm going stop calling
patients by name." Which statement is the
best appraisal of this nurse's comment?
a. One descriptive research study rarely
provides enough evidence to change
practice.
b. Staff nurses apply new research findings
only with the help from clinical nurse
specialists.
c. New research findings should be
incorporated into clinical algorithms before
using them in practice.
d. The nurse misinterpreted the results of
the study. Classic tenets of practice do not
change.
7. Two nursing students discuss career b. "Psychiatric nurses use complex communication skills, as well as critical thinking, to
plans after graduation. One student wants solve multidimensional problems. I'm challenged by those situations."
to enter psychiatric nursing. The other
student asks, "Why would you want to be a
psychiatric nurse? All they do is talk. You'll
lose your skills." Select the best response
by the student interested in psychiatric
nursing.
a. "Psychiatric nurses practice in safer
environments than other specialties. Nurse-
to-patient ratios must be better because of
the nature of patients' problems."
b. "Psychiatric nurses use complex
communication skills, as well as critical
thinking, to solve multidimensional
problems. I'm challenged by those
situations."
c. "I think I'll be good in the mental health
field. I do not like clinical rotations in
school, so I don't want to continue them
after I graduate."
d. "Psychiatric nurses don't have to deal
with as much pain and suffering as medical
surgical nurses. That appeals to me."
8. Which research evidence would most b. Systematic review of randomized controlled trials
influence a group of nurses to change their
practice?
a. Expert committee report of
recommendations for practice
b. Systematic review of randomized
controlled trials
c. Nonexperimental descriptive study
d. Critical pathway
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Psych Test 1: Test bank WITH 100% SURE ANSWERS
Terms in this set (234)
1. Which outcome, focused on recovery, b. report a sense of well-being.
would be expected in the plan of care for a
patient living in the community with serious
and persistent mental illness? Within 3
months, the patient will:
a. deny suicidal ideation.
b. report a sense of well-being.
c. take medications as prescribed.
d. attend clinic appointments on time.
2. A patient is hospitalized for depression a. "Let's discuss some means of coping other than suicide when you have these
and suicidal ideation after their spouse asks feelings."
for a divorce. Select the nurse's most caring
comment.
a. "Let's discuss some means of coping
other than suicide when you have these
feelings."
b. "I understand why you're so depressed.
When I got divorced, I was devastated
too."
c. "You should forget about your marriage
and move on with your life."
d. "How did you get so depressed that
hospitalization was necessary?"
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,3. In the shift-change report, an off-going d. "Our patients need our help to learn behaviors that will help them get along in
nurse criticizes a patient who wears heavy society."
makeup. Which comment by the nurse who
receives the report best demonstrates
advocacy?
a. "This is a psychiatric hospital. Craziness is
what we are all about."
b. "Let's all show acceptance of this patient
by wearing lots of makeup too."
c. "Your comments are inconsiderate and
inappropriate. Keep the report objective."
d. "Our patients need our help to learn
behaviors that will help them get along in
society."
4. A nurse assesses a newly admitted d. "I'd like to sit with you a while so you may feel more comfortable talking with me."
patient with depression. Which statement is
an example of "attending"?
a. "We all have stress in life. Being in a
psychiatric hospital isn't the end of the
world."
b. "Tell me why you felt you had to be
hospitalized to receive treatment for your
depression."
c. "You will feel better after we get some
antidepressant medication started for you."
d. "I'd like to sit with you a while so you may
feel more comfortable talking with me."
5. A patient shows the nurse an article from b. Address ends in ".com."
the Internet about a health problem. Which
characteristic of the web site's address
most alerts the nurse that the site may have
biased and prejudiced information?
a. Address ends in ".org."
b. Address ends in ".com."
c. Address ends in ".gov."
d. Address ends in ".net."
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, 6. A nurse says, "When I was in school I a. One descriptive research study rarely provides enough evidence to change
learned to call upset patients by name to practice.
get their attention, but I read a descriptive
research study that says that this approach
doesn't work. I'm going stop calling
patients by name." Which statement is the
best appraisal of this nurse's comment?
a. One descriptive research study rarely
provides enough evidence to change
practice.
b. Staff nurses apply new research findings
only with the help from clinical nurse
specialists.
c. New research findings should be
incorporated into clinical algorithms before
using them in practice.
d. The nurse misinterpreted the results of
the study. Classic tenets of practice do not
change.
7. Two nursing students discuss career b. "Psychiatric nurses use complex communication skills, as well as critical thinking, to
plans after graduation. One student wants solve multidimensional problems. I'm challenged by those situations."
to enter psychiatric nursing. The other
student asks, "Why would you want to be a
psychiatric nurse? All they do is talk. You'll
lose your skills." Select the best response
by the student interested in psychiatric
nursing.
a. "Psychiatric nurses practice in safer
environments than other specialties. Nurse-
to-patient ratios must be better because of
the nature of patients' problems."
b. "Psychiatric nurses use complex
communication skills, as well as critical
thinking, to solve multidimensional
problems. I'm challenged by those
situations."
c. "I think I'll be good in the mental health
field. I do not like clinical rotations in
school, so I don't want to continue them
after I graduate."
d. "Psychiatric nurses don't have to deal
with as much pain and suffering as medical
surgical nurses. That appeals to me."
8. Which research evidence would most b. Systematic review of randomized controlled trials
influence a group of nurses to change their
practice?
a. Expert committee report of
recommendations for practice
b. Systematic review of randomized
controlled trials
c. Nonexperimental descriptive study
d. Critical pathway
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