NURS 6640 Midterm Exam 4 - Question and answers

NURS 6640 Midterm Exam 4 - Question and answers A 35-year-old patient seeks treatment for depression and anxiety after an abusive relationship. To help empower the patient, the PMHNP wants to teach the safe-place exercise to create a feeling of calm. In order to walk the patient through the exercise, the PMHNP first says: Selected Answer: A. “Identify an image of a safe place that makes you feel calm.” • Question 2 1 out of 1 points The PMHNP is working with a patient who has dissociative disorder and requests pharmacological interventions for dealing with her trauma. What education does the PMHNP provide to the patient regarding medication therapy? Selected Answer: C. “The medication may provide symptom relief, but you still need psychotherapy.” • Question 3 1 out of 1 points The patient attempts the PMHNP’s sleep hygiene recommendations for 2 weeks, but does not make any progress mitigating nightmares and hyperarousal. Which behavioral strategy does the PMHNP suggest next? Selected Answer: D. All of the above • Question 4 1 out of 1 points After informing a prospective patient about limits of confidentiality, the patient consents to the “conditions” of confidentiality and signs an informed consent form. Several weeks later, a lawyer representing the patient’s spouse for a court case, asks the PMHNP for the disclosure of information about the patient. The PMHNP should: Selected Answer: C. Limit disclosure to the extent legally possible • Question 5 1 out of 1 points