NURSE 345 Exam I Questions with |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
answers
1. Considering the many criteria for good mental health,
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the nursing student has been instructed to list four of
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these criteria. The student's list consists of the following:
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(1) an appropriate perception of reality(2) the ability to
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accept oneself (3) the ability to establish relationships (4)
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a need for detachment and the desire for privacy. How
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would the nurse evaluate the nursing student's list?
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1. Excellent. All the student's criteria are correct.
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2. Good. Three of the four criteria are correct
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3. Mediocre. Two of the four criteria are correct
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4. Poor. All four of the criteria are incorrect - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔1. Excellent. All the student's criteria are
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correct.
2. Which assessment is most important when evaluating
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signs and symptoms of mental illness?
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1. The decreased amount of creativity a client exhibits
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2. The inability to face problems within one's life
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3. The intensity of an emotional reaction.
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,4. The client's social and cultural norms. - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔4. The client's social and cultural norms.
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3. Which is an example of an interpersonal intervention
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for a client on an in-patient psychiatric unit?
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1. Assist the client to note common defense mechanisms
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and coping skills that are being used.
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2. Discuss the "acting-out" behaviors and assist the client
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in understanding why they occur.
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3. Ask the client to record thoughts he or she is having
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before acting-out behaviors occur.
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4. Ask the client to acknowledge one positive person in
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his or her life to assist the client after discharge -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔4. Ask the client to acknowledge
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one positive person in his or her life to assist the client
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after discharge. |\
4. Which is an example of appropriate psychosexual
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development?
1. An 18 month old relieves anxiety by the use of a
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pacifier.
2. A 5-year old boy focuses on relationships with other
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boys
,3. A 7 year old girl identifies with her mother.
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4. A 12 month-old begins learning about independence
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and control. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔1. An 18 month-old
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relieves anxiety by the use of a pacifier.
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5. Which client situation is an example of normal ego
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development?
1. A client calls out in pain to get his or her needs met.
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2. A client complains of poor self-esteem because of
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punishments from his or her past. |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
3. A client exhibits the ability to assert himself or herself
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without anger or aggression. |\ |\ |\
4. A client feels guilty about wanting to have sexual
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relations outside of marriage. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔3.
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A client exhibits the ability to assert himself or herself
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without anger or aggression. |\ |\ |\
6. After studying the concepts of personality
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development, the nursing student understands that Freud |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
is to psychoanalytic theory as Peplau is to:
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1. Psychosocial theory
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2. Nursing theory
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3. Interpersonal theory
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, 4. Object relations theory - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔2.
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Nursing theory |\
7. Nursing theorists identify the nurse-client relationship
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as central to nursing practice. After studying these
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concepts, the nursing student understands that Peplau is
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to the phases of the nurse-client relationship as Watson is
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to:
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1. Seven assumptions about the science of caring
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2. Cultural care diversity and universality
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3. Modeling and role modeling
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4. Human energy fields - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔1. Seven
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assumptions about the science of caring.
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8. After studying nursing interventions in the context of
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nursing theory, the nursing student understands that
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Neuman is to primary, secondary, or tertiary prevention
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as Roy is to:
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1. Activities needed to meet self-care demands and solve
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self-care deficits |\
2. Assisting the client to examine and understand the
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meaning of life experiences |\ |\ |\
answers
1. Considering the many criteria for good mental health,
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
the nursing student has been instructed to list four of
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
these criteria. The student's list consists of the following:
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
(1) an appropriate perception of reality(2) the ability to
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
accept oneself (3) the ability to establish relationships (4)
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
a need for detachment and the desire for privacy. How
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
would the nurse evaluate the nursing student's list?
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1. Excellent. All the student's criteria are correct.
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2. Good. Three of the four criteria are correct
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3. Mediocre. Two of the four criteria are correct
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4. Poor. All four of the criteria are incorrect - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔1. Excellent. All the student's criteria are
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correct.
2. Which assessment is most important when evaluating
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
signs and symptoms of mental illness?
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\
1. The decreased amount of creativity a client exhibits
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
2. The inability to face problems within one's life
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
3. The intensity of an emotional reaction.
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,4. The client's social and cultural norms. - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔4. The client's social and cultural norms.
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3. Which is an example of an interpersonal intervention
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
for a client on an in-patient psychiatric unit?
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
1. Assist the client to note common defense mechanisms
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
and coping skills that are being used.
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
2. Discuss the "acting-out" behaviors and assist the client
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
in understanding why they occur.
|\ |\ |\ |\
3. Ask the client to record thoughts he or she is having
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
before acting-out behaviors occur.
|\ |\ |\
4. Ask the client to acknowledge one positive person in
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
his or her life to assist the client after discharge -
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔4. Ask the client to acknowledge
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
one positive person in his or her life to assist the client
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
after discharge. |\
4. Which is an example of appropriate psychosexual
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
development?
1. An 18 month old relieves anxiety by the use of a
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
pacifier.
2. A 5-year old boy focuses on relationships with other
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
boys
,3. A 7 year old girl identifies with her mother.
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
4. A 12 month-old begins learning about independence
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
and control. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔1. An 18 month-old
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
relieves anxiety by the use of a pacifier.
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
5. Which client situation is an example of normal ego
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
development?
1. A client calls out in pain to get his or her needs met.
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
2. A client complains of poor self-esteem because of
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
punishments from his or her past. |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
3. A client exhibits the ability to assert himself or herself
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
without anger or aggression. |\ |\ |\
4. A client feels guilty about wanting to have sexual
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
relations outside of marriage. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔3.
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A client exhibits the ability to assert himself or herself
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
without anger or aggression. |\ |\ |\
6. After studying the concepts of personality
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
development, the nursing student understands that Freud |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
is to psychoanalytic theory as Peplau is to:
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
1. Psychosocial theory
|\ |\
2. Nursing theory
|\ |\
3. Interpersonal theory
|\ |\
, 4. Object relations theory - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔2.
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
Nursing theory |\
7. Nursing theorists identify the nurse-client relationship
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
as central to nursing practice. After studying these
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
concepts, the nursing student understands that Peplau is
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
to the phases of the nurse-client relationship as Watson is
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
to:
|\
1. Seven assumptions about the science of caring
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
2. Cultural care diversity and universality
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\
3. Modeling and role modeling
|\ |\ |\ |\
4. Human energy fields - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔1. Seven
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
assumptions about the science of caring.
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
8. After studying nursing interventions in the context of
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
nursing theory, the nursing student understands that
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
Neuman is to primary, secondary, or tertiary prevention
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
as Roy is to:
|\ |\ |\
1. Activities needed to meet self-care demands and solve
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
self-care deficits |\
2. Assisting the client to examine and understand the
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
meaning of life experiences |\ |\ |\