,The Psychiatric Interview 4th Edition Carlat Test Bank (Chapt
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er 1-Chapter 3)
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Chapter 1: The Initial Interview: A Preview
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Chapter 2: Logistic Preparations: What toDo Before the Interview
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Chapter 3: The Therapeutic Alliance: What It Is, Why It's Important, and How to Establish It
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MULTIPLE CHOICE 2:
1. Which outcome, focused on recovery, would be expected in the plan of care for a patient
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living in the community and diagnosed with serious and persistent mental illness? Within 3
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months, the patient will: 2: 2: 2:
a. deny suicidal ideation. 2: 2:
b. report a sense of well-being. 2: 2: 2: 2:
c. take medications as prescribed.
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d. attend clinic appointments on time. 2: 2: 2: 2: 2
ANS: B
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Recovery emphasizes managing symptoms, reducing psychosocial disability, and improving role
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2: performance. The goal of recovery is to empower the individual with mental illness to achieve a
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2: sense of meaning and satisfaction in life and to function at the highest possible level of wellness
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. The incorrect options focus on the classic medical model rather than recovery.
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2. A patient is hospitalized for depression and suicidal ideation after their spouse asks for a
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divorce. Select the nurses most caring comment.
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a. Lets discuss some means of coping other than suicide when you have these feelings.
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b. I understand why youre so depressed. When I got divorced, I was devastated too.
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c. You should forget about your marriage and move on with your life.
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d. How did you get so depressed that hospitalization was necessary?
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ANS: A 2:
The nurses communication should evidence caring and a commitment to work with the patient.
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This commitment lets the patient know the nurse will help. Probing and advice are not helpful or
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2: therapeutic interventions. 2:
3. In the shift-change report, an off-
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going nurse criticizes a patient who wears heavy makeup. Which comment by the nurse who r
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eceives the report best demonstrates advocacy?
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a. This is a psychiatric hospital. Craziness is what we are all about.
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b. Lets all show acceptance of this patient by wearing lots of makeup too.
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,c. Your comments are inconsiderate and inappropriate. Keep the report objective.
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d. Our patients need our help to learn behaviors that will help them get along in society.
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ANS: D 2:
Accepting patients needs for self- 2: 2: 2: 2:
expression and seeking to teach skills that will contribute to their well-
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being demonstrate respect and are important parts of advocacy. The on-
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coming nurse needs to take action to ensure that others are not prejudiced against the patient. H
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umor can be appropriate within the privacy of a shift report but not at the expense of respect for
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patients.
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Judging the off- 2: 2:
going nurse in a critical way will create conflict. Nurses must show compassion for each other.
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4. A nurse assesses a newly admitted patient diagnosed with major depressive disorder. Which
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statement is an example of attending?
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a. We all have stress in life. Being in a psychiatric hospital isnt the end of the world.
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b. Tell me why you felt you had to be hospitalized to receive treatment for your depression.
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c. You will feel better after we get some antidepressant medication started for you.
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d. Id like to sit with you a while so you may feel more comfortable talking with me.
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ANS: D 2:
Attending is a technique that demonstrates the nurses commitment to the relationship and reduc
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es feelings of isolation. This technique shows respect for the patient and demonstrates caring. G
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eneralizations, probing, and false reassurances are non-therapeutic.
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5. A patient shows the nurse an article from the Internet about a health problem. Which chara
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cteristic of the web sites address most alerts the nurse that the site may have biased and preju
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diced information?
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a. Address ends in .org. 2: 2: 2:
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d. Address ends in .net. 2: 2: 2:
ANS: B
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Financial influences on a site are a clue that the information may be biased. .com at the end of t
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he address indicates that the site is a commercial one. .gov indicates that the site is maintained
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by a government entity. .org indicates that the site is nonproprietary; the site may or may not ha
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ve reliable information, but it does not profit from its activities. .net can have multiple
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, meanings.
6. A nurse says, When I was in school, I learned to call upset patients by name to get their attenti
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on; however, I read a descriptive research study that says that this approach does not work. I pl
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an to stop calling patients by name. Which statement is the best appraisal of this nurses comment?
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a. One descriptive research study rarely provides enough evidence to change practice.
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b. Staff nurses apply new research findings only with the help from clinical nurse specialists.
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c. New research findings should be incorporated into clinical algorithms before using them in
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practice.
d. The nurse misinterpreted the results of the study. Classic tenets of practice do not change.
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ANS: A 2:
Descriptive research findings provide evidence for practice but must be viewed in relation to ot
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her studies before practice changes. One study is not enough. Descriptive studies are low on the
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hierarchy of evidence. Clinical algorithms use flow charts to manage problems and do not spec
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ify one response to a clinical problem. Classic tenets of practice should change as research findi
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ngs provide evidence for change.
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7. Two nursing students discuss career plans after graduation. One student wants to enter psychi
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atric nursing. The other student asks, Why would you want to be a psychiatric nurse? All they d
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o is talk. You will lose your skills. Select the best response by the student interested in psychiatr
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ic nursing.
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a. Psychiatric nurses practice in safer environments than other specialties. Nurse-to-
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patient ratios must be better because of the nature of patients problems.
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b. Psychiatric nurses use complex communication skills, as well as critical thinking, to solve
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c. I think I will be good in the mental health field. I do not like clinical rotations in school, so I
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do not want to continue them after I graduate.
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d. Psychiatric nurses do not have to deal with as much pain and suffering as medical surgical
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nurses. That appeals to me. 2: 2: 2: 2:
ANS: B 2:
The practice of psychiatric nursing requires a different set of skills than medical surgical nursing
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, although substantial overlap does exist. Psychiatric nurses must be able to help patients with m
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edical and mental health problems, reflecting the holistic perspective these nurses must have.
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