CRISIS INTERVENTION UPDATED EXAM SCRIPT
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔What is the nurse's role in crisis intervention? - ✔✔The nurse must be willing to take
an active, directive role in intervention unlike the normal therapeutic intervention that is
passive and nondirect
✔✔Name the nursing diagnosis for: Inability to meet basic needs, decreased use of
social support, inadequate problem solving, inability to attend to info, isolation -
✔✔Ineffective Coping
Risk for Compromised Resilence
✔✔Name a nursing diagnosis for: denial, exaggerated startle response, flashbacks,
horror, hypervigilance, instrusive thoughts and dreams, panic attacks, feeling numb,
substance abuse, confusion, incoherent - ✔✔PTSD
Rape-trauma syndrome
acute confusion
sleep deprivation
Anxiety
✔✔Name the nursing diagnosis for: minimizes symptoms, delays seeking care, displays
inappropriate affect, makes dismissive comments when speaking of distressing events.
- ✔✔ineffective denial
✔✔Name a nursing diagnosis for: overwhelmed, depressed, states has nothing in life
worthwhile, self hatred, feelings of being ineffectual, sees limited alternatives, feels
strange, perceives a lack of control - ✔✔risk for suicide, chronic low self-esteem,
disturbed personal identity, hopelessness, powerlessness
✔✔Name the nursing diagnosis for: has difficulty with interpersonal relationships,
isolated, has few or no social supports - ✔✔social isolation, impaired social interaction
✔✔Name the nursing diagnosis for: changes in family relationships and functioning,
difficulty performing family caregiver role - ✔✔interrupted family processes, caregiver
role strain
✔✔Name some short term indicator for the coping outcome: Personal actions to
manage stressors that tax an individuals resources - ✔✔identifies effective coping
patterns, identifies ineffective coping patterns., reports decrease in stress, uses
personal support system, verbalizes need for assistance
✔✔Name some long term indicator for the coping outcome: Personal actions to manage
stressors that tax an individuals resources - ✔✔modifies lifestyle as needed, uses
, effective coping stragies, reports decrease in physical symptoms of stress, reports
decrease in negative feelings
✔✔Name some short term indicator for the decision making outcome: Ability to make
judgment and chooses between two or more alternatives: - ✔✔identifies revelant info,
identifies alternatives, weighs alternatives
✔✔Name some long term indicator for the decision making outcome: Ability to make
judgment and chooses between two or more alternatives: - ✔✔chooses among
alternatives
✔✔Name some short term indicators for the Role Performance: . - ✔✔performs family
role behaviors, describe role changes with illness or disability, describes role changes
with _____. Performs family/parent/intimate/friendship role behaviors
✔✔Name some long term indicators for the Role Performance outcome: Congruence of
an individual's role behavior with role expectations - ✔✔able to meet role expectations
✔✔Name some short term indicators for the Stress Level outcome: Severity of
manifested physical or mental tension resulting from factors that alter an existing
equilibrium - ✔✔elevated bp, increase radial pulse, upset stomach, restlessness, sleep
disturbances , interruption of thought process, forgetfulness, frequent cognitive
mistakes, forgetfulness, frequent cognitive mistakes, inability to concentrate on tasks,
emotional outbursts.
✔✔Explain what Primary Care: - ✔✔prevention; promotes mental health and reduces
mental illness to decrease the incidence of crisis.
✔✔Name some Primary Care the nurse can implement: - ✔✔-work with pt to recognize
potential problems by evaluating the pt's experience of stressful life events
-teach pt specific coping skills such as decision making, problem solving, assertiveness
skills, meds, and relaxation techniques
-assist the pt in evaluating the timing on reduction of life changes to decrease the
negative effects of stress as much as possible.
✔✔Explain Secondary Care - ✔✔crisis has happened and nurse needs to prevent
prolonged anxiety from diminishing personal effectiveness and personality organization
*lessens the time pt is mentally disabled
✔✔Name some Secondary Care the nurse can implement: - ✔✔-ensure safety
-assess the problem, support system, coping styles
-desired goal is explored and interventions planned
*done in hospitals, ERs, clinics, mental health centers
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔What is the nurse's role in crisis intervention? - ✔✔The nurse must be willing to take
an active, directive role in intervention unlike the normal therapeutic intervention that is
passive and nondirect
✔✔Name the nursing diagnosis for: Inability to meet basic needs, decreased use of
social support, inadequate problem solving, inability to attend to info, isolation -
✔✔Ineffective Coping
Risk for Compromised Resilence
✔✔Name a nursing diagnosis for: denial, exaggerated startle response, flashbacks,
horror, hypervigilance, instrusive thoughts and dreams, panic attacks, feeling numb,
substance abuse, confusion, incoherent - ✔✔PTSD
Rape-trauma syndrome
acute confusion
sleep deprivation
Anxiety
✔✔Name the nursing diagnosis for: minimizes symptoms, delays seeking care, displays
inappropriate affect, makes dismissive comments when speaking of distressing events.
- ✔✔ineffective denial
✔✔Name a nursing diagnosis for: overwhelmed, depressed, states has nothing in life
worthwhile, self hatred, feelings of being ineffectual, sees limited alternatives, feels
strange, perceives a lack of control - ✔✔risk for suicide, chronic low self-esteem,
disturbed personal identity, hopelessness, powerlessness
✔✔Name the nursing diagnosis for: has difficulty with interpersonal relationships,
isolated, has few or no social supports - ✔✔social isolation, impaired social interaction
✔✔Name the nursing diagnosis for: changes in family relationships and functioning,
difficulty performing family caregiver role - ✔✔interrupted family processes, caregiver
role strain
✔✔Name some short term indicator for the coping outcome: Personal actions to
manage stressors that tax an individuals resources - ✔✔identifies effective coping
patterns, identifies ineffective coping patterns., reports decrease in stress, uses
personal support system, verbalizes need for assistance
✔✔Name some long term indicator for the coping outcome: Personal actions to manage
stressors that tax an individuals resources - ✔✔modifies lifestyle as needed, uses
, effective coping stragies, reports decrease in physical symptoms of stress, reports
decrease in negative feelings
✔✔Name some short term indicator for the decision making outcome: Ability to make
judgment and chooses between two or more alternatives: - ✔✔identifies revelant info,
identifies alternatives, weighs alternatives
✔✔Name some long term indicator for the decision making outcome: Ability to make
judgment and chooses between two or more alternatives: - ✔✔chooses among
alternatives
✔✔Name some short term indicators for the Role Performance: . - ✔✔performs family
role behaviors, describe role changes with illness or disability, describes role changes
with _____. Performs family/parent/intimate/friendship role behaviors
✔✔Name some long term indicators for the Role Performance outcome: Congruence of
an individual's role behavior with role expectations - ✔✔able to meet role expectations
✔✔Name some short term indicators for the Stress Level outcome: Severity of
manifested physical or mental tension resulting from factors that alter an existing
equilibrium - ✔✔elevated bp, increase radial pulse, upset stomach, restlessness, sleep
disturbances , interruption of thought process, forgetfulness, frequent cognitive
mistakes, forgetfulness, frequent cognitive mistakes, inability to concentrate on tasks,
emotional outbursts.
✔✔Explain what Primary Care: - ✔✔prevention; promotes mental health and reduces
mental illness to decrease the incidence of crisis.
✔✔Name some Primary Care the nurse can implement: - ✔✔-work with pt to recognize
potential problems by evaluating the pt's experience of stressful life events
-teach pt specific coping skills such as decision making, problem solving, assertiveness
skills, meds, and relaxation techniques
-assist the pt in evaluating the timing on reduction of life changes to decrease the
negative effects of stress as much as possible.
✔✔Explain Secondary Care - ✔✔crisis has happened and nurse needs to prevent
prolonged anxiety from diminishing personal effectiveness and personality organization
*lessens the time pt is mentally disabled
✔✔Name some Secondary Care the nurse can implement: - ✔✔-ensure safety
-assess the problem, support system, coping styles
-desired goal is explored and interventions planned
*done in hospitals, ERs, clinics, mental health centers
