Varcarolis test bank with actual questions
and verified answers (Graded A+)
Varcarolis: Essen-tials of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing - ANS✔✔--
The patient's ability to identify healthy coping behaviors indicates adaptive, healthy
behavior and demonstrates an increased ability to recover from severe stress.
Describing feelings associated with loss and stress does not move the patient toward
adaptation. The remaining options are maladaptive behaviors. - ANS✔✔--
- ANS✔✔--5. A nurse at a behavioral health clinic sees an unfamiliar psychiatric
diagnosis on a patient's insurance form. Which resource should the nurse use to discern
the criteria used to establish this diagnosis?
a. - ANS✔✔--DSM-IV-TR
b. - ANS✔✔--Nursing Diagnosis Manual
c. - ANS✔✔--A psychiatric nursing textbook
d. - ANS✔✔--A behavioral health reference manual
ANS: - ANS✔✔--A
Test Bank - ANS✔✔--
Chapter 2: Mental Health and Mental Ill-ness - ANS✔✔--
- ANS✔✔--MULTIPLE CHOICE
- ANS✔✔--1. A nurse explains multiaxial diagnoses to a psychiatric technician.
Which information is accurate?
a. - ANS✔✔--It is a template for treatment planning.
b. - ANS✔✔--Nursing and medical diagnoses are included.
c. - ANS✔✔--Assessments of several aspects of functioning are included.
d. - ANS✔✔--It incorporates the framework of a specific biopsychosocial theory.
, ANS: - ANS✔✔--C
The use of five axes requires assessment beyond diagnosis of a mental disorder and
includes relevant medical conditions, psychosocial and environmental problems, and
global assessment of functioning. The DSM-IV-TR is not a template for treatment
planning and does not use a specific biopsychosocial theory. Nursing diagnoses are not
included in multiaxial diagnoses. - ANS✔✔--
- ANS✔✔--2. Which documentation of diagnosis would a nurse expect for a person
with mental illness?
a. - ANS✔✔--I Rheumatoid arthritis
II 100 - ANS✔✔--
III Posttraumatic stress disorder - ANS✔✔--
IV Arrested for shoplifting 2 months ago - ANS✔✔--
V None - ANS✔✔--
b. - ANS✔✔--I Mental retardation
II Histrionic personality disorder - ANS✔✔--
III 75 - ANS✔✔--
IV Hypertension - ANS✔✔--
V Home destroyed by tornado last year - ANS✔✔--
c. - ANS✔✔--I Schizophrenia, paranoid
II Death of spouse last year - ANS✔✔--
III 40 - ANS✔✔--
IV None - ANS✔✔--
V Alcohol abuse - ANS✔✔--
d. - ANS✔✔--I Generalized anxiety disorder
and verified answers (Graded A+)
Varcarolis: Essen-tials of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing - ANS✔✔--
The patient's ability to identify healthy coping behaviors indicates adaptive, healthy
behavior and demonstrates an increased ability to recover from severe stress.
Describing feelings associated with loss and stress does not move the patient toward
adaptation. The remaining options are maladaptive behaviors. - ANS✔✔--
- ANS✔✔--5. A nurse at a behavioral health clinic sees an unfamiliar psychiatric
diagnosis on a patient's insurance form. Which resource should the nurse use to discern
the criteria used to establish this diagnosis?
a. - ANS✔✔--DSM-IV-TR
b. - ANS✔✔--Nursing Diagnosis Manual
c. - ANS✔✔--A psychiatric nursing textbook
d. - ANS✔✔--A behavioral health reference manual
ANS: - ANS✔✔--A
Test Bank - ANS✔✔--
Chapter 2: Mental Health and Mental Ill-ness - ANS✔✔--
- ANS✔✔--MULTIPLE CHOICE
- ANS✔✔--1. A nurse explains multiaxial diagnoses to a psychiatric technician.
Which information is accurate?
a. - ANS✔✔--It is a template for treatment planning.
b. - ANS✔✔--Nursing and medical diagnoses are included.
c. - ANS✔✔--Assessments of several aspects of functioning are included.
d. - ANS✔✔--It incorporates the framework of a specific biopsychosocial theory.
, ANS: - ANS✔✔--C
The use of five axes requires assessment beyond diagnosis of a mental disorder and
includes relevant medical conditions, psychosocial and environmental problems, and
global assessment of functioning. The DSM-IV-TR is not a template for treatment
planning and does not use a specific biopsychosocial theory. Nursing diagnoses are not
included in multiaxial diagnoses. - ANS✔✔--
- ANS✔✔--2. Which documentation of diagnosis would a nurse expect for a person
with mental illness?
a. - ANS✔✔--I Rheumatoid arthritis
II 100 - ANS✔✔--
III Posttraumatic stress disorder - ANS✔✔--
IV Arrested for shoplifting 2 months ago - ANS✔✔--
V None - ANS✔✔--
b. - ANS✔✔--I Mental retardation
II Histrionic personality disorder - ANS✔✔--
III 75 - ANS✔✔--
IV Hypertension - ANS✔✔--
V Home destroyed by tornado last year - ANS✔✔--
c. - ANS✔✔--I Schizophrenia, paranoid
II Death of spouse last year - ANS✔✔--
III 40 - ANS✔✔--
IV None - ANS✔✔--
V Alcohol abuse - ANS✔✔--
d. - ANS✔✔--I Generalized anxiety disorder
