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Test Bank Psychiatric Nursing Contemporary Practice 6th Edition by Mary Ann Boyd LATEST UPDATED 2024 QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED ANSWERS ALL CHAPTERS INCLUDED GRADED A+
Test Bank Psychiatric Nursing Contemporary Practice 6th Edition
by Mary Ann Boyd LATEST UPDATED 2024 QUESTIONS WITH
DETAILED ANSWERS ALL CHAPTERS INCLUDED GRADED A+
Chapter : Mental Health and Mental Disorders
1. A nursing instructor is describing the DSM-IV-TR to a group of nursing students. Which of
the following would the instructor include as the primary purpose of this classification?
A) Provide a commonly understood diagnostic category for clinical practice.
B) Describe treatment modalities for psychiatric disorders and mental illnesses.
C) Identify various etiologies for mental disorders based on family histories.
D) Provide optimal outcomes for treatment for individuals with mental illnesses.
2. A nurse is providing care to a patient with a mental disorder classified by the DSM-IV-TR. The nurse
understands that although the first three axes appear to contain all the diagnostic information
about a patient, a truly accurate picture of the client is incomplete without considering other
factors such as an estimate of current functioning and:
A) Life stressors
B) Cultural background
C) Marital status
,D) Genetic history
3. A patient’s global assessment functioning reveals that he has minimal symptoms with good
functioning in all areas. Which score would the nurse correlate with these findings?
A) 94
B) 82
C) 75
D) 63
4. A female patient was admitted to the hospital with pneumonia, and in the course of her treatment, it
was determined that she was experiencing alcohol dependence because she began experiencing
alcohol withdrawal while she was in the hospital. When the psychiatrist who was called in as a
consultant documented the patient’s mental disorder, he identified her alcohol dependence on
which axis?
A) Axis I
B) Axis II
C) Axis III
D) Axis IV
5. A 25-year-old woman who recently had abdominal surgery was admitted to the psychiatric unit,
where it was determined that she had a borderline personality disorder. During the first week on
the unit, it was determined that she also has diabetes. Her diabetes mellitus would be listed in
which axis of her DSM-IV-TR diagnosis?
A) Axis I
B) Axis II
C) Axis III
D) Axis IV
6. As part of a class activity, nursing students are engaged in a small group discussion about
the epidemiology of mental illness. Which statement best explains the importance of
epidemiology in understanding the impact of mental disorders?
A) Epidemiology helps promote understanding of the patterns of occurrence associated
with mental disorders.
B) Epidemiology helps explain research findings about the neurophysiology that causes
mental disorders.
C) Epidemiology provides a thorough theoretical explanation of why specific mental disorders occur.
D) Epidemiology predicts when a specific psychiatric client will recover from a specific mental
, disorder.
7. A nurse is working in a community mental health center that provides care to a large
population of Asian descent. When developing programs for this community, which of the following
would be most important for the nurse to address?
A) Public stigma
B) Self-stigma
C) Label avoidance
D) Negative life events
8. A group of students are reviewing the multiaxial diagnostic system of the DSM-IV-TR. The
students demonstrate understanding of the axes when they identify that each axis
represents which of the following?
A) An evidence-based research finding
B) An experimental design to guide care
C) A domain of information
D) A laboratory test finding
9. A nursing student is assigned to care for a patient diagnosed with schizophrenia. When talking
about this patient in a clinical postconference, the student would use which terminology when
referring to the patient?
A) Committed patient
B) Schizophrenic
C) Schizophrenic patient
D) Person with schizophrenia
10. Mrs. Green is a patient on a psychiatric unit. At the time of her admission, her dog was killed when
a car accidentally ran over it; in addition to that, she just found out that her mother has been
diagnosed with colon cancer. This information would be addressed in which DSM-IV axis?
A) Axis I
B) Axis II
C) Axis III
D) Axis IV
11. A nursing student is reviewing journal articles about major depression. One of the articles describes
the number of persons newly diagnosed with the disorder during the past year. The student
interprets this as which of the following?
A) Rate
B) Prevalence
C) Point prevalence
D) Incidence
, 12. While working in a community mental health treatment center, the nurse overhears one of the
receptionists saying that one of the patients is really psycho. Later in the day, the nurse talks with
the receptionist about the comment. This action by the nurse demonstrates an attempt to address
which issue?
A) Lack of knowledge
B) Public stigma
C) Label avoidance
D) Self-stigma
13. After teaching a group of students about mental health and mental illness, the instructor determines
that the teaching was successful when the group identifies which of the following as reflecting
mental disorders?
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