NR606/ NR 606 Midterm Exam
Diagnosis & Management in Psychiatric Mental Health II Practicum
Expected Questions and Verified Answers
1. Before modifying a care plan to meet a patient's changing needs, the nurse's
first action should be to
A. re-do the entire care plan
B. focus only on the nursing diagnoses with moderate priority
C. assess/reassess the patient's responses to interventions
D. add more nursing interventions from a standardized plan of care
Ans>> C. as- sess/reassess the patient's responses to interventions
2. True or False. Actual or potential health problems that can be prevented or resolved
by dependent nursing intervention are termed nursing diagnoses.
Ans>> - True
3. Objective data is usually recorded
A. by body systems.
,B. after the assessment and plan.
C. before the health history.
D. in the problem list.
Ans>> A. by body systems
4. The examiner's evaluation of a patient's mental status belongs in the
A. history of present illness.
B. review of systems.
C. physical examination.
D. patient education.
Ans>> C. physical examination.
5. Which following component is not related to the format of nursing diagno- sis?
A. Problem
B. Etiology
C. Sign and Symptom
D. Pain
Ans>> D. Pain
6. Differential diagnoses belong in the
history.
assessment. plan.
, laboratory data.
Ans>> Assessment
7. Which of the following outcome statements contains the best example of
performance criteria? The patient will
Turn herself in bed frequently while awake
Understand how to use crutches by Day 2
State that pain is decreased after being medicated
Eat 75% of each meal without complaint of nausea
Ans>> Eat 75% of each meal without complaint of nausea
Diagnosis & Management in Psychiatric Mental Health II Practicum
Expected Questions and Verified Answers
1. Before modifying a care plan to meet a patient's changing needs, the nurse's
first action should be to
A. re-do the entire care plan
B. focus only on the nursing diagnoses with moderate priority
C. assess/reassess the patient's responses to interventions
D. add more nursing interventions from a standardized plan of care
Ans>> C. as- sess/reassess the patient's responses to interventions
2. True or False. Actual or potential health problems that can be prevented or resolved
by dependent nursing intervention are termed nursing diagnoses.
Ans>> - True
3. Objective data is usually recorded
A. by body systems.
,B. after the assessment and plan.
C. before the health history.
D. in the problem list.
Ans>> A. by body systems
4. The examiner's evaluation of a patient's mental status belongs in the
A. history of present illness.
B. review of systems.
C. physical examination.
D. patient education.
Ans>> C. physical examination.
5. Which following component is not related to the format of nursing diagno- sis?
A. Problem
B. Etiology
C. Sign and Symptom
D. Pain
Ans>> D. Pain
6. Differential diagnoses belong in the
history.
assessment. plan.
, laboratory data.
Ans>> Assessment
7. Which of the following outcome statements contains the best example of
performance criteria? The patient will
Turn herself in bed frequently while awake
Understand how to use crutches by Day 2
State that pain is decreased after being medicated
Eat 75% of each meal without complaint of nausea
Ans>> Eat 75% of each meal without complaint of nausea
