CA PT Board Exam Review Psychiatric Nursing
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The Psychiatric Technician can best assist an individual of a different culture adjust to life in a new
community by:
a. Encouraging the detachment from family and friends.
b. Becoming familiar with the client's communication patterns.
c. Describing the new customs in the community.
d. Immersing the individual in the dominant culture. - Answer b. Becoming familiar with the client's
communication patterns.
A fifteen year old patient in a psychiatric facility says, "I going to be a Psych Tech." This is an example of:
a. identification
b. regression
c. reaction formation
d. displacement - Answer a. identification
In order to determine the client's perception of the reason for admission to the psychiatric facility, it will
be most appropriate for the psychiatric technician to say:
a. "Did the police bring you here?"
b. "Tell me about your life."
c. "Why did you come here?"
d. "I guess you are pretty confused about all this. - Answer c. "Why did you come here?"
In establishing a therapeutic relationship with a client, it is imperative that the Psychiatric Technician
demonstrate the ability to:
,a. see the client's world from client's perspective.
b. recognize that the client is bound to the past.
c. focus on content rather than feelings.
d. tell the client that all problems have solutions. - Answer a. see the client's world from client's
perspective.
The client awakens one day and is uncommunicative. There is no response to staff or peers. The most
appropriate approach is to:
a. insist that the client participate in activities.
b. recognize that the behavior is attention seeking and ignore it.
c. sit with the client periodically throughout the shift.
d. encourage verbal responses by telling the patient to ventilate. - Answer c. sit with the client
periodically throughout the shift.
Appropriate intervention strategies when working with families include:
a. conveying warmth and acceptance of all members.
b. developing an alliance with the identified patient.
c. advising the family in ways to identify problems and solutions.
d. assisting the family in disengaging as a group. - Answer a. conveying warmth and acceptance of all
members.
Which of the following is characteristic of the initial phase of group development when developing a
functioning group?
a. Most members are comfortable and at ease in the group.
b. Many members will compete for the group leadership role.
c. Feelings of intimacy and closeness are readily apparent.
,d. Testing behaviors are not unusual. - Answer d. Testing behaviors are not unusual.
The client is observed talking to an imaginary person. The client is most likely responding to:
a. environmental stimuli.
b. delusional material.
c. hallucinations.
d. ideas of reference. - Answer c. hallucinations.
Which of the following will be most useful in assisting the client cope with a stressful situation?
a. Practicing active listening.
b. Being skillful in the assessment process.
c. Advising the client of effective problem solving techniques.
d. Telling the client that everything will be all right. - Answer a. Practicing active listening.
Which of the following is most important when caring for the client in the first phase of alcohol
withdrawal?
a. correction of vitamin deficiencies.
b. assist the client in recognition of alcoholism as a problem.
c. provide the care and administer medications which minimize the effects of delirium tremens.
d. keep the client in a quiet, dark room and discourage contact with other clients. - Answer c. provide
the care and administer medications which minimize the effects of delirium tremens.
The doctor has ordered the drug naloxone (narcan) to be given stat. The Psychiatric Technician knows
that this preparation will act to:
a. decrease the respiratory rate.
b. enhance the effect of the narcotic analgesic preparations.
, c. slow the heart rate.
d. prevent or reverse the effects of opioids. - Answer d. prevent or reverse the effects of opioids.
Which of the following statements is an indication that the dying client is in the bargaining stage?
a. "I'll never complain about dying if I can just complete this year of school."
b. "I'd be very grateful if you could get me some decent food in this place."
c. "I'd make it back to work if I could only get rid of this nausea."
d. "I'd buy a larger house, but I know I won't live long enough to enjoy it." - Answer a. "I'll never
complain about dying if I can just complete this year of school."
The family sobs and screams, "Why her?, It can't be!" after being told that death is imminent. This
statement may indicate that the family is in which of the following stages in the dying process?
a. denial
b. depression
c. anger
d. detachment - Answer a. denial
In assisting the geriatric client build feelings self-esteem, the most useful action on the part of the
Psychiatric Technician would be to:
a. give the client tasks in which success is likely to occur.
b. provide at least one new learning experience daily.
c. praising the client liberally for all activities.
d. allow the client to choose a familiar activity to engage in. - Answer d. allow the client to choose a
familiar activity to engage in.
The client reports that the recent dismissal from college was due to the fact that nausea and vomiting
occurred before every examination. The defense mechanism is use was most likely:
Exam Revision Questions & Answers Latest Update
Graded A+
The Psychiatric Technician can best assist an individual of a different culture adjust to life in a new
community by:
a. Encouraging the detachment from family and friends.
b. Becoming familiar with the client's communication patterns.
c. Describing the new customs in the community.
d. Immersing the individual in the dominant culture. - Answer b. Becoming familiar with the client's
communication patterns.
A fifteen year old patient in a psychiatric facility says, "I going to be a Psych Tech." This is an example of:
a. identification
b. regression
c. reaction formation
d. displacement - Answer a. identification
In order to determine the client's perception of the reason for admission to the psychiatric facility, it will
be most appropriate for the psychiatric technician to say:
a. "Did the police bring you here?"
b. "Tell me about your life."
c. "Why did you come here?"
d. "I guess you are pretty confused about all this. - Answer c. "Why did you come here?"
In establishing a therapeutic relationship with a client, it is imperative that the Psychiatric Technician
demonstrate the ability to:
,a. see the client's world from client's perspective.
b. recognize that the client is bound to the past.
c. focus on content rather than feelings.
d. tell the client that all problems have solutions. - Answer a. see the client's world from client's
perspective.
The client awakens one day and is uncommunicative. There is no response to staff or peers. The most
appropriate approach is to:
a. insist that the client participate in activities.
b. recognize that the behavior is attention seeking and ignore it.
c. sit with the client periodically throughout the shift.
d. encourage verbal responses by telling the patient to ventilate. - Answer c. sit with the client
periodically throughout the shift.
Appropriate intervention strategies when working with families include:
a. conveying warmth and acceptance of all members.
b. developing an alliance with the identified patient.
c. advising the family in ways to identify problems and solutions.
d. assisting the family in disengaging as a group. - Answer a. conveying warmth and acceptance of all
members.
Which of the following is characteristic of the initial phase of group development when developing a
functioning group?
a. Most members are comfortable and at ease in the group.
b. Many members will compete for the group leadership role.
c. Feelings of intimacy and closeness are readily apparent.
,d. Testing behaviors are not unusual. - Answer d. Testing behaviors are not unusual.
The client is observed talking to an imaginary person. The client is most likely responding to:
a. environmental stimuli.
b. delusional material.
c. hallucinations.
d. ideas of reference. - Answer c. hallucinations.
Which of the following will be most useful in assisting the client cope with a stressful situation?
a. Practicing active listening.
b. Being skillful in the assessment process.
c. Advising the client of effective problem solving techniques.
d. Telling the client that everything will be all right. - Answer a. Practicing active listening.
Which of the following is most important when caring for the client in the first phase of alcohol
withdrawal?
a. correction of vitamin deficiencies.
b. assist the client in recognition of alcoholism as a problem.
c. provide the care and administer medications which minimize the effects of delirium tremens.
d. keep the client in a quiet, dark room and discourage contact with other clients. - Answer c. provide
the care and administer medications which minimize the effects of delirium tremens.
The doctor has ordered the drug naloxone (narcan) to be given stat. The Psychiatric Technician knows
that this preparation will act to:
a. decrease the respiratory rate.
b. enhance the effect of the narcotic analgesic preparations.
, c. slow the heart rate.
d. prevent or reverse the effects of opioids. - Answer d. prevent or reverse the effects of opioids.
Which of the following statements is an indication that the dying client is in the bargaining stage?
a. "I'll never complain about dying if I can just complete this year of school."
b. "I'd be very grateful if you could get me some decent food in this place."
c. "I'd make it back to work if I could only get rid of this nausea."
d. "I'd buy a larger house, but I know I won't live long enough to enjoy it." - Answer a. "I'll never
complain about dying if I can just complete this year of school."
The family sobs and screams, "Why her?, It can't be!" after being told that death is imminent. This
statement may indicate that the family is in which of the following stages in the dying process?
a. denial
b. depression
c. anger
d. detachment - Answer a. denial
In assisting the geriatric client build feelings self-esteem, the most useful action on the part of the
Psychiatric Technician would be to:
a. give the client tasks in which success is likely to occur.
b. provide at least one new learning experience daily.
c. praising the client liberally for all activities.
d. allow the client to choose a familiar activity to engage in. - Answer d. allow the client to choose a
familiar activity to engage in.
The client reports that the recent dismissal from college was due to the fact that nausea and vomiting
occurred before every examination. The defense mechanism is use was most likely:
