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Pass your psychiatric nursing exam with confidence using this comprehensive question bank featuring complete solutions and verified answers. Covers Freud's psychosexual stages, Erikson's psychosocial theory, cognitive development, psychopharmacology, personality disorders, and therapeutic interventions for NCLEX success.

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PSYCHIATRIC NURSING EXAM
QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS.

- Employs logical, mathematical & scientific
reasoning.
-Has solution to all kinds of problems
-Abstract thinking is fully utilized


a) Concrete operations
b) Pre-Operational
c) Formal operations - correct answer - c) Formal
operations


-"the conscience" or the censoring force.
-Developed during preschool age or about 7 years
of age.
-Incorporates standards, restrictions, taboos, ideals
imposed by parents & other individuals with whom
the child associates with.

,a) Ego
b) Id
c) Superego - correct answer - c) Superego


-2-4 yrs: pre-conceptual development proceeds
from sensory motor learning to pre-logical thought
(understand symbols & learn languages to
communicate) --Characterized by egocentricity
-4-7 yrs: intuitive thought learns to understand
(relationships: same-different, family placement,
classes = books, birds)


a) Sensorimotor
b) Pre-Operational
c) Formal operations - correct answer - b) Pre-
operational


-Able to understand cause & effect in concrete
situations but cannot yet reason hypothetically
-Reversibility = refers to completion of certain
operation in reverse order & ending up the same

, -Accommodation developed = modifies ideas to fit
reality


a) Concrete operations
b) Pre-Operational
c) Formal operations - correct answer - a)
Concrete operations


-Assessment focuses on client's relationship with
family
-The therapist reinforces client's self-esteem, goal
focused approach, supports positive use of defense
mechanism & coping skills.


a) Brief Cognitive Therapy
b) Behavior Therapy
c) Brief Interpersonal Therapy - correct answer -
c) Brief Interpersonal Therapy


-dependent on others to meet needs
-Self-concept development
-Solitary play

, a) preschool
b) toddler
c) infancy - correct answer - c) infancy


-Emphasized the sense of POWER- the child feels
as he attempts to control himself & others
-Behavioral traits: they are headstrong &
negativistic (favorite word "NO"), active, mobile,
curious which make them vulnerable to accident,
temper tantrums are common Parallel play


a) preschool
b) toddlerhood
c) infancy - correct answer - b) toddlerhood


-focus on the modification of overt symptoms
without regard to patient's experience or inner
conflicts
-based on the premise that behavior & responses
are learned & may be relearned

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