varcarolis test bank advanced text 2023/2024

Varcarolis: Essen-tials of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing - answers Test Bank - answers Chapter 2: Mental Health and Mental Ill-ness - answers - answers MULTIPLE CHOICE - answers 1. A nurse explains multiaxial diagnoses to a psychiatric technician. Which information is accurate? a. - answers It is a template for treatment planning. b. - answers Nursing and medical diagnoses are included. c. - answers Assessments of several aspects of functioning are included. d. - answers It incorporates the framework of a specific biopsychosocial theory. ANS: - answers 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. - answers - answers 2. Which documentation of diagnosis would a nurse expect for a person with mental illness? a. - answers I Rheumatoid arthritis II 100 - answers III Posttraumatic stress disorder - answers IV Arrested for shoplifting 2 months ago - answers V None - answers b. - answers I Mental retardation II Histrionic personality disorder - answers III 75 - answers IV Hypertension - answers V Home destroyed by tornado last year - answers c. - answers I Schizophrenia, paranoid II Death of spouse last year - answers III 40 - answers IV None - answers V Alcohol abuse - answers d. - answers I Generalized anxiety disorder II Avoidant personality disorder - answers III Fibromyalgia - answers IV Declared bankruptcy 6 months ago - answers V 60 - answers ANS: - answers D The option beginning with a diagnosis of generalized anxiety disorder places a clinical disorder on Axis I, a personality disorder on Axis II, a medical problem on Axis III, a psychosocial problem on Axis IV, and GAF on Axis V. The other options misplace and incorrectly order the clinical data. - answers - answers 3. A patient is admitted to the psychiatric hospital for assessment and evaluation. What behavior might indicate that the patient has a mental disorder? The patient: a. - answers accurately describes the difference between the "as if" and the "for real." b. - answers describes mood as consistently sad, discouraged, and hopeless. c. - answers responds to the rules, routines, and customs of the group.