Foundations Of Mental Health Ch. 8-12 Evolve Nclex
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After a suicidal client has been appropriately discharged from an inpatient mental health unit, the nurse recommends continued treatment with the client's outpatient psychiatrist. This is an example of which guideline for crisis interv...
Foundations of Mental Health Ch. 8-12
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After a suicidal client has been appropriately discharged from an inpatient mental
health unit, the nurse recommends continued treatment with the client's outpatient
psychiatrist. This is an example of which guideline for crisis intervention? - Answer-
follow up
Which of the following defines self-awareness? - Answer- Consciousness of one's
personality. Self-awareness is the ability to objectively look within. Behavior consists
of perceptions, thoughts, feelings, and actions. The concept of consistency involves
behaviors that are regular and dependable. Responsible people are capable of
making and fulfilling obligations.
is the ability to clearly see and understand the nature of things. - Answer- Insight
An anxious client refuses to eat with other clients in the dining room. The nurse
recognizes the importance of nutrition and offers to serve the client's meals in the
client's room. This is an example of which of the following? - Answer- Advocacy
Which of the following stages is associated with a crisis? - Answer- Disorganization.
During the disorganization stage, individuals become preoccupied with the crisis
situation. Perception, denial, crisis, disorganization, recovery, and reorganization are
stages of a crisis. Relapse, anger, and acceptance are not stages during a crisis.
Which of the following is the foundation of therapeutic relationships? - Answer- Trust.
Trust forms the basis for the success or failure of all actions. Confidence in a
relationship is important, but trust is the foundation of therapeutic relationships.
Empathy, not sympathy, is integral to the development of trust. Dependence is not
the foundation of therapeutic relationships.
Which of the following research-based practices is a valuable source of stress
reduction for health care providers? - Answer- Meditation. Meditation for as little as
15 minutes per day is a valuable source of stress reduction, relaxation, and renewal.
Reading, massage, and music may be used as relaxation techniques, but do not
have a significant research base.
A nurse who is caring for a mentally ill client establishes a supportive and honest
relationship with the client and maintains client confidentiality. This is an example of
which principle of mental health care? - Answer- Develop mutual trust. The
development of mutual trust between mental health care providers and clients is
important for successful management of mental illness. Exploration of behaviors and
emotions, not avoidance, is a principle of mental health care. Encouragement of
responsibility, not dependence, is a principle of mental health care. Encouragement
of effective adaptation, not withdrawal, is a principle of mental health care.
, A mentally ill client begins to argue and hit another client because of a money
dispute. This is an example of which coping behavior? - Answer-
Psychomotor.Fighting is an example of a psychomotor mechanism for coping.
Fighting is not a cognitive or affective mechanism for coping. Somatism is not a
coping mechanism
A nurse who is caring for a depressed client understands the significance of the
client's depression as well as the overwhelming grief and loss issues felt by the
client. This is an example of which of the following? - Answer- Empathy. Empathy is
the ability to recognize and share the emotions of another person without actually
experiencing them. Comforting is the act of consoling and soothing an individual.
Caring is defined as concern for the well-being of another person. Sympathy is the
ability to share another's emotions.
To assess a client's ability to think abstractly, which of the following would be
appropriate to ask of the client? - Answer- "What does it mean when someone says,
'When it rains, it pours.'?"
To assess the ability to think abstractly, a client is asked to explain the meaning of a
well-known proverb. REF: Page 101
Which of the following assessment methods assists with the formulation of a nursing
diagnosis based on the identification of factors that potentially may threaten a client?
- Answer- Risk factor assessment
Risk factor assessment helps the clinician to identify risk factors that potentially
present an immediate threat to a client. REF: Page 95
A client with cocaine abuse would be classified into which of the following axis
categories? - Answer- Axis I
Axis I is the clinical disorders category, which includes substance abuse. REF: Page
93
The nursing (therapeutic) process is designed to support goal-directed care for
clients. Which of the following steps is included in the five-step nursing (therapeutic)
process? - Answer- Diagnosis
Assessment, diagnosis, planning, intervention, and evaluation are the five steps of
the nursing (therapeutic) process. REF: Page 93 and 94
is the client's emotional display of the mood that he or she is experiencing. - Answer-
Affect
Affect is the outward manifestation of a person's feelings or emotions. REF: Page 98
and 99
Which of the following components of the health history would be most important to
obtain for a client with alcohol dependence? - Answer- Family history
Family history is significant because of the increased risk of alcoholism among
biological children of alcoholics. REF: Page 97
A depressed client appears disheveled, unkempt, and neglected. This aspect of the
mental status assessment would be included in which of the following categories? -
Answer- General description
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