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NUR 233 Exam 1 Mental Health Questions And 100% Correct Answers
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NUR 233 Exam 1 Mental Health Questions And100% Correct Answers
The nurse has completed a thorough nursing assessment for a newly admitted client.
What is the nurse's next action? - ANWER Determine the nursing diagnoses
A nurse is teaching a client about problem-solving skills and the performance of
self-care activities. What is the category of this intervention? - ANWER Health teaching
and health promotion
A nurse is conducting an assessment on a mentally ill client. The nurse learns that the
client has auditory hallucinations. The nurse should categorize this symptom under
which of the following when conducting the client's mental status examination?
ANSWER Auditory hallucinations would fall under the category of perceptual
disturbances because they alter the patient's perceptions.
A nurse is caring for a patient with major depression. Which tools should the nurse use
to measure the severity of depression in the patient? Choose all that apply. - ANSWER
The Beck Inventory, the Zung Self-Report Inventory, and the Patient Health
Questionnaire-9 are used as tools to measure depression in patients.
A nurse is evaluating a student nurse's skills performing a mental status examination.
The nurse asks the student to assess the patient's level of consciousness. What is a
question asked of the patient while assessing the level of consciousness that indicates
good assessment skills? - ANSWER The patient's level of consciousness can be
assessed by asking whether the patient is able to hear the nurse. The nurse can
determine the level of consciousness of the patient in accordance with the response he
receives-for example, whether there was a verbal response or eye movement.
A nurse is conducting a follow-up assessment for a patient who has undergone
de-addiction treatment. Which tool does the nurse utilize to assess the outcome of the
treatment in the patient? - ANSWER The Recovery Attitude and Treatment Evaluator
scale should be used by the nurse to assess the status of substance use disorders
, because this is specifically related to substance abuse.
what is SOAPIE - ANSWER SOAPIE stands for Subjective, Objective, Assessment,
Planning, and Intervention. In the SOAPIE format
Acutal diagnoses - ANSWER The actual diagnoses are the problems that exist at this
present time.
medical diagnoses - ANSWER Medical diagnoses are established by the primary health
care professionals based on the symptoms and the diagnostic tests.
Risk diagnoses - ANSWER Risk diagnoses refer to the possibility of problematic
occurrences or responses.
Health promotion diagnoses- ANSWER The health promotion diagnoses refer to the
desire or motivation for improving the health standard.
what are the components of the nursing diagnosis - ANSWER The components of the
nursing diagnosis include problem, related factors, and defining characteristics.
The mental status examination aids in the collection of what type of data? - ANSWER The
mental status examination mostly aids in the collection of objective data.
A nurse is studying the medical records of a patient who is in the manic phase of bipolar
mood disorder. What abnormal finding can the nurse expect to find in the lab reports?
ANSWER A patient who is in the manic phase of bipolar mood disorder may present with
manifestations of hyperthyroidism, while the patient in the depressive phase may
present with manifestations of hypothyroidism. Thus, a thyroid test is helpful to establish
the stage of the bipolar mood disorder disorder.
Which intervention indicates the nurse recognizes the principles especially significant in
communicating effectively with an adolescent client? Select all that apply - ANSWER
Adolescents in particular are interested in confidentiality and may fear that whatever
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