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Nur 233 Exam 1 Mental Health Questions
With Correct Answers.
The nurse completes a thorough nursing assessment of a new patient. What is the nurse's next
action? - answer✔Formulate the nursing diagnoses
A nurse is giving information to a patient about problem-solving skills and self-care activities.
What is this type of intervention called? - answer✔Health teaching and health promotion
When assessing a mentally ill patient, a nurse finds that the patient has auditory hallucinations.
In which category should the nurse consider this symptom during the mental status examination?
- answer✔Auditory hallucinations are considered perceptual disturbances as they affect the
patient's perceptions
A nurse is caring for a patient with depression. Which tools should the nurse use to assess the
severity of depression in the patient? Select all that apply. - answer✔The Beck Inventory, the
Zung Self-Report Inventory, and the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 are used as tools to assess
depression in patients.
A nurse is evaluating a student nurse's mental status examination skills. The nurse asks the
student to assess the level of consciousness of the patient. What question asked of the patient
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while assessing the level of consciousness indicates good assessment skills? - answer✔The level
of consciousness of the patient can be assessed by asking whether the patient is able to hear the
nurse. Based on the response (for example, verbal response or eye movements), the nurse can
determine the level of consciousness of the patient.
A nurse is performing a follow-up assessment of a patient who has received de-addiction
treatment. Which tool does the nurse use to evaluate the effectiveness of the treatment in the
patient? - answer✔In order to assess substance use disorders, the nurse should use the Recovery
Attitude and Treatment Evaluator scale as it is specific to substance abuse
what is SOAPIE - answer✔SOAPIE stands for Subjective, Objective, Assessment, Planning, and
Intervention. In the SOAPIE format
Acutal diagnoses - answer✔Actual diagnoses are the problems that currently exist.
medical diagnoses - answer✔Medical diagnoses are made by the primary health care
professionals based on the symptoms and the diagnostic tests.
Risk diagnoses - answer✔Risk diagnoses refer to the possibility of developing problematic
occurrences or responses.
Health promotion diagnoses - answer✔Health promotion diagnoses mean the wish or motivation
for improving the health standard.
10/10/2024 11:44 AM
Nur 233 Exam 1 Mental Health Questions
With Correct Answers.
The nurse completes a thorough nursing assessment of a new patient. What is the nurse's next
action? - answer✔Formulate the nursing diagnoses
A nurse is giving information to a patient about problem-solving skills and self-care activities.
What is this type of intervention called? - answer✔Health teaching and health promotion
When assessing a mentally ill patient, a nurse finds that the patient has auditory hallucinations.
In which category should the nurse consider this symptom during the mental status examination?
- answer✔Auditory hallucinations are considered perceptual disturbances as they affect the
patient's perceptions
A nurse is caring for a patient with depression. Which tools should the nurse use to assess the
severity of depression in the patient? Select all that apply. - answer✔The Beck Inventory, the
Zung Self-Report Inventory, and the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 are used as tools to assess
depression in patients.
A nurse is evaluating a student nurse's mental status examination skills. The nurse asks the
student to assess the level of consciousness of the patient. What question asked of the patient
, ©SIRJOEL EXAM SOLUTIONS
10/10/2024 11:44 AM
while assessing the level of consciousness indicates good assessment skills? - answer✔The level
of consciousness of the patient can be assessed by asking whether the patient is able to hear the
nurse. Based on the response (for example, verbal response or eye movements), the nurse can
determine the level of consciousness of the patient.
A nurse is performing a follow-up assessment of a patient who has received de-addiction
treatment. Which tool does the nurse use to evaluate the effectiveness of the treatment in the
patient? - answer✔In order to assess substance use disorders, the nurse should use the Recovery
Attitude and Treatment Evaluator scale as it is specific to substance abuse
what is SOAPIE - answer✔SOAPIE stands for Subjective, Objective, Assessment, Planning, and
Intervention. In the SOAPIE format
Acutal diagnoses - answer✔Actual diagnoses are the problems that currently exist.
medical diagnoses - answer✔Medical diagnoses are made by the primary health care
professionals based on the symptoms and the diagnostic tests.
Risk diagnoses - answer✔Risk diagnoses refer to the possibility of developing problematic
occurrences or responses.
Health promotion diagnoses - answer✔Health promotion diagnoses mean the wish or motivation
for improving the health standard.
