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, Essentials of Psychiatric Nursing 3rd Edition Boyd Luebbert
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Test Bank y




Chapter 1 Mental Health and Mental Disorders
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1 A nursing instructor is describing the DSM-IV-TR to a
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. group of nursing students. Which of the following would
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the instructor include as the primary purpose of this
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classification?
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A) Provide a commonly understood diagnostic y y y y



category for clinical practice.
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B) Describe treatment modalities for psychiatric y y y y



disorders and mental illnesses.
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C) Identify various etiologies for mental disordersy y y y y



based on family histories.
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D) Provide optimal outcomes for treatment for y y y y y



individuals with mental illnesses.
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2. A nurse is providing care to a patient with a mental
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disorder classified by the DSM-IV-TR. The nurse
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understands that although the first three axes appear to
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contain all the diagnostic information about a patient, a
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truly accurate picture of the client is incomplete without
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considering other factors such as an estimate of current
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functioning and:
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A) Life stressors
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B) Cultural background y




C) Marital status y




D) Genetic history y

,3. A patients global assessment functioning reveals that he
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has minimal symptoms with good functioning in all
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areas. Which score would the nurse correlate with these
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findings?
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A) 94
B) 82
C) 75
D) 63

4. A female patient was admitted to the hospital with
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pneumonia, and in the course of her treatment, it was
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determined that she was experiencing alcohol
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dependence because she began experiencing alcohol
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withdrawal while she was in the hospital. When the
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psychiatrist who was called in as a consultant
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documented the patients mental disorder, he identified
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her alcohol dependence on which axis?
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A) Axis I y




B) Axis II y




C) Axis III y




D) Axis IV y




5. A 25-year-old woman who recently had abdominal
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surgery was admitted to the psychiatric unit, where it was
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determined that she had a borderline personality disorder.
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During the first week on the unit, it was determined that
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she also has diabetes. Her diabetes mellitus would be
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listed in which axis of her DSM-IV-TR diagnosis?
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A) Axis I y




B) Axis II y

, C) Axis III y




D) Axis IV y




6. As part of a class activity, nursing students are engaged in
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a small group discussion about the epidemiology of
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mental illness. Which statement best explains the
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importance of epidemiology in understanding the impact
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of mental disorders?
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A) Epidemiology helps promote understanding of the y y y y y



patterns of occurrence associated with mental
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disorders.
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B) Epidemiology helps explain research findings about the y y y y y y



neurophysiology that causes mental disorders.
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C) Epidemiology provides a thorough theoretical y y y y



explanation of why specific mental disorders occur.
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D) Epidemiology predicts when a specific psychiatric y y y y y



client will recover from a specific mental disorder.
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7. A nurse is working in a community mental health center
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that provides care to a large population of Asian descent.
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When developing programs for this community, which of
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the following would be most important for the nurse to
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address?
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A) Public stigma y




B) Self-stigma
C) Label avoidance y




D) Negative life events y y

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