NU 345 CHAPTER 32 SERIOUS MENTAL
ILLNESS QUIZ
Which statement by a young client who has severe and persistent mental illness
would alert the nurse to the need for psychoeducational intervention?
"I hear that marijuana helps calm you down."
A community mental health nurse assesses a client with serious mental illness
who is being treated with antipsychotic medication. The nurse makes the
following observations listed below. Which assessed data have the least
priority?
Reports of dry mouth and eyes
The team determines that the client diagnosed with schizophrenia would profit
from a structured environment and having simple responsibilities. Which
community resource could the nurse educate the client and family about?
A community rehabilitation program
The nurse has identified an intervention to provide education designed to help
the client access and use community supports. What will be an appropriate
outcome for this intervention?
The client arranges to attend a money management workshop.
What is the goal of a nurse working in psychiatric rehabilitation in the
community?
To help client's cope more effectively with their symptoms.
A client diagnosed with a severe mental illness and institutionalized for most of
his adult life has recently been transferred to a supervised community-based
residential home that houses several other adult men. The client is refusing to go
to day therapy and has begun to socially isolate if allowed. He has an apparent
ILLNESS QUIZ
Which statement by a young client who has severe and persistent mental illness
would alert the nurse to the need for psychoeducational intervention?
"I hear that marijuana helps calm you down."
A community mental health nurse assesses a client with serious mental illness
who is being treated with antipsychotic medication. The nurse makes the
following observations listed below. Which assessed data have the least
priority?
Reports of dry mouth and eyes
The team determines that the client diagnosed with schizophrenia would profit
from a structured environment and having simple responsibilities. Which
community resource could the nurse educate the client and family about?
A community rehabilitation program
The nurse has identified an intervention to provide education designed to help
the client access and use community supports. What will be an appropriate
outcome for this intervention?
The client arranges to attend a money management workshop.
What is the goal of a nurse working in psychiatric rehabilitation in the
community?
To help client's cope more effectively with their symptoms.
A client diagnosed with a severe mental illness and institutionalized for most of
his adult life has recently been transferred to a supervised community-based
residential home that houses several other adult men. The client is refusing to go
to day therapy and has begun to socially isolate if allowed. He has an apparent
