Chapter 2: Mental Health and Mental Illness || Questions with error-free answers.

A nurse explains multiaxial diagnoses to a psychiatric technician. Which information is accurate? correct answers Assessments of several aspects of functioning are included. Which documentation of diagnosis would a nurse expect for a person with mental illness? correct answers I Generalized anxiety disorder. II Avoidant personality disorder. III Fibromyalgia. IV Declared bankruptcy 6 months ago. V 60 A patient is admitted to the psychiatric hospital for assessment and evaluation. Which assessment finding best indicates that the patient has a mental illness? The patient: correct answers Describes mood as consistently sad, discouraged, and hopeless. The goal for a patient is to increase resiliency. Which outcome should a nurse add to plan of care? Within 3 days, the patient will: correct answers identify healthy coping behaviors in response to stressful events. A nurse at a behavioral health clinic sees an unfamiliar psychiatric diagnosis on a patient's insurance form. Which resource should the nurse consult to discern the criteria used to establish this diagnosis? correct answers DSM-IV-TR A nurse must assess several new patients at a community mental health center. Conclusions concerning current functioning should be made on the basis of: correct answers a continuum from mentally healthy to unhealthy. A 40-year-old adult living with parents states, "I'm happy but I don't socialize much. My work is routine. When new things come up, my boss explains them a few times to make sure I understand. At home, my parents make decisions for me, and I go along with them." A nurse should identify interventions to improve this patient's: correct answers self-concept. A patient tells a nurse, "I have psychiatric problems and am in and out of hospitals all the time. Not one of my friends or relatives has these problems." Select the nurse's best response. correct answers "It sounds like you are concerned that others don't experience the same challenges as you." A critical care nurse asks a psychiatric nurse about the difference between a DSM-IV-TR diagnosis and a nursing diagnosis. Select the psychiatric nurse's best response. correct answers "The DSM-IV-TR diagnosis influences the medical treatment; the nursing diagnosis offers a framework to identify interventions for problems a patient has or may experience." A nurse finds a new patient uncommunicative about recent life events. The nurse suspects marital and economic problems. The social worker's assessment is not available. The most effective action the nurse can take is to: correct answers consult Axis IV of the DSM-IV-TR in the medical record.