Nsg 221 - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Exam 3: NSG 221/ NSG221 (Latest 2024/ 2025 Update) Mental Health Review | Questions and Verified Answers| All Units Covered| 100% Correct| Grade A- Herzing Q: What nursing intervention is priority for patients with illness anxiety disor- der (hypochondriasis)? Answer: acknowledge client's concerns/frustrations without con- tinuing to focus on the physical symptoms/illness Q: primary gain of somatic symptom illnesses Answer: direct internal benefits of being sick such as relief...

Exam 3: NSG221/ NSG 221 (Latest 2024/ 2025 Update) Mental Health | Guide with Questions and Verified Answers| 100% Correct- Herzing Q: Nursing Interventions Mild Anxiety: Answer: Mild anxiety is an asset to the client and requires no direct intervention. People with mild anxiety can learn and solve problems and are even eager for information. Teaching can be effective when the client is mildly anxious. Q: Nursing Interventions Moderate Anxiety: Answer: With moderate anxiety...

NSG 221 MILESTONE 2 BLUEPRINTSchizophrenia care - correct answer Assess the age of onset, poorer outcomes associated with earlier onset Assess for previous suicide attempt Elicit any history of violence or aggression Assess support systems Assess client perception of current situation Assess appearance-may be restless, agitated, pacing, catatonic, grimace, may exhibit movements and gestures mimicking someone they're observing (echopraxia), rambling speech, word salad, echolalia, slowed sp...

Countertransference - correct answer -Countertransference occurs when the therapist displaces onto the client attitudes or feelings from his or her past. For example, a female nurse who has teenage children and who is experiencing extreme frustration with an adolescent client may respond by adopting a parental or chastising tone. The nurse is countertransfering her own attitudes and feelings toward her children onto the client. Nurses can deal with countertransference by examining their own feel...

221 Exam 3: mental health nursingmalingering - correct answer the intentional production of false or grossly exaggerated physical or psychological symptoms facitious - correct answer person intentionally produces or feigns physical or psychological symptoms solely to gain attention - may inflict injury on themselves to receive attention Munchausen syndrome - correct answer person fakes his or her own medical problems in order to gain attention primary gains - correct answer the direct...