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(Chapter 1-Chapter 3)The Initial Interview: A Preview Chapter 2: Logistic
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Preparations:What to Do Before the Interview
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Chapter 3: The Therapeutic Alliance: What It Is, Why It's Important, and How to Establish
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ItMULTIPLE CHOICE
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1. Which outcome, focused on recovery, would be expected in the plan of care for
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KR a patient living in the community and diagnosed with serious and persistent
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KR mental illness? Within 3 months, the patient will:
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a. deny suicidal ideation.
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b. report a sense of well-being.
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c. take medications as prescribed.
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Recovery emphasizes managing symptoms, reducing psychosocial disability, and
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KR improvingrole performance. The goal of recovery is to empower the individual with
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highest possible levelof wellness. The incorrect options focus on the classic medical model
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rather than recovery.
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,2. A patient is hospitalized for depression and suicidal ideation after their spouse
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asksfor a divorce. Select the nurses most caring comment.
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a. Lets discuss some means of coping other than suicide when you have these feelings.
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b. I understand why youre so depressed. When I got divorced, I was devastated too.
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c. You should forget about your marriage and move on with your life.
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d. How did you get so depressed that hospitalization
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wasnecessary? ANS: A
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The nurses communication should evidence caring and a commitment to work with
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KR the patient. This commitment lets the patient know the nurse will help. Probing and
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advice arenot helpful or therapeutic interventions.
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3. In the shift-change report, an off-going nurse criticizes a patient who wears
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heavymakeup. Which comment by the nurse who receives the report best
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a. This is a psychiatric hospital. Craziness is what we are all about.
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b. Lets all show acceptance of this patient by wearing lots of makeup too.
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,c. Your comments are inconsiderate and inappropriate. Keep the report objective.
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d. Our patients need our help to learn behaviors that will help them get along
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Accepting patients needs for self-expression and seeking to teach skills that will
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KR advocacy. The on- coming nurse needs to take action to ensure that others are not
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KR prejudiced against the patient. Humor can be appropriate within the privacy of a shift
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report but not at the expense of respect for patients.
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Judging the off-going nurse in a critical way will create conflict. Nurses must
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4. A nurse assesses a newly admitted patient diagnosed with major depressive disorder.
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Which statement is an example of attending?
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a. We all have stress in life. Being in a psychiatric hospital isnt the end of the world.
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b. Tell me why you felt you had to be hospitalized to receive treatment for your
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depression.
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c. You will feel better after we get some antidepressant medication started for you.
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d. Id like to sit with you a while so you may feel more comfortable talking
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, Attending is a technique that demonstrates the nurses commitment to the relationship
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KR andreduces feelings of isolation. This technique shows respect for the patient and
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demonstratescaring. Generalizations, probing, and false reassurances are non-therapeutic.
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5. A patient shows the nurse an article from the Internet about a health problem.
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KR Which characteristic of the web sites address most alerts the nurse that the site may
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have biasedand prejudiced information?
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a. Address ends in .org. KR KR KR
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.net. ANS: B
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Financial influences on a site are a clue that the information may be biased. .com at the
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endof the address indicates that the site is a commercial one. .gov indicates that the
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KR site is maintained by a government entity. .org indicates that the site is nonproprietary;
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the site may or may not have reliable information, but it does not profit from its
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activities. .net can have multiple
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