for psychiatric nursing Exam (latest Semester)
Graded A+
1). Transference
Ans: An unconscious response of patients in which they experience feelings and
attitudes toward the nurse that were originally associated with significant figures in their
lives- may be positive or negative
2). Counter transference
Ans: An emotional response of the nurse that is generated by the patient's qualities
that stimulate emotions based on their own personal experience that results in behavior
that is not appropriate to the therapeutic relationship
3). Psychoeducational groups
Ans: A combination of pscho-educational and interpersonal processing and problem
solving strategies.
Focuses on problems in life and improved functioning rather than major personality
change
Uses interactive feedback and support in the here and now combined with information
to facilitate improved functioning of individuals
According to research, there have been substantial positive outcomes with using
psychoeducational groups for clients with mental illness
4). How can i be therapeutic in psych clinical?
Ans: -do not judge
-introduce myself to clients
-listen and talk with them
-show concern and empathy
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, 5). What are the phases of a relationship?
Ans: pre-orientation
orientation
working
termination
6). What is the pre-orientation phase?
Ans: setting the stage and timing
7). What is the orientation phase?
Ans: discussing what the encounter will be focused on or what will hopefully be
acheived
8). What is the working phase?
Ans: Setting goals, exploring issues, assisting the client to develop insight and
develop skills, evaluating progress
9). What is the termination phase?
Ans: summarizing and highlighting progress and bridging the care to the next provider
10). How did aristotle (382-322 bc) view homeostasis?
Ans: As a balance of 4 humors: blood, water, black bile, and yellow bile
11). How were people often treated for disease in aristotle's day?
Ans: bloodletting, starving, purging
12). People and their theorisms
Ans: Psychoanalytical- Freud, Jung
Interpersonal- Sullivan
Humanistic- Rogers, Perls
Behavioral- Skinner, Watson
Cognitive development-Piaget
Emotional development- Erikson
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, Family systems- Bowen, Satir, Minuchin
Attachment- Bowlby
13). What is the knowledge in pscychiatric nursing based on?
Ans: biological experience
psychological experience
spiritual experience
social experience
environmental experience
14). Maslows hierarchy of needs
Ans:
15). What is a peak experience?
Ans: when a person experiences the world totally for what it is, and there are feelings
of euphoria, joy, and wonder
16). What did maslow (1962) believe the concept peak experiences could measure?
Ans: self-acutalization
17). Erikson's life cycle tasks
Ans: Stage 1 - trust vs. mistrust (birth to 2 years old) ~hope
Stage 2 - autonomy vs. shame and doubt (2-4 years old) ~will
Stage 3 - initiative vs. guilt (4-5 years old) ~ purpose
Stage 4 - industry vs. inferiority (5-12 years old) ~ competence
Stage 5 - identity vs. role confusion (13-19 years old) ~ fidelity
Stage 6 - intimacy vs. isolation (20-39 years old) ~ love
Stage 7 - generativity vs. stagnation (40-64 years old) ~ care
Stage 8 - integrity vs. despair (65-death) ~ wisdom
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, 18). What are some unconscious mechanisms of defense?
Ans: denial/minimization
projection
acting out
intellectualization
rationalization
19). What is denial/minimization?
Ans: denial - avoidance of difficult realitites by ignoring or refusing to recognize them
minimization - causing the impact or effect something will have on their life to appear
smaller than reality
20). What is projection?
Ans: attributing one's own thoughts or impulses to another person
21). What is acting out?
Ans: feeling, emotions, and conflicts expressed behaviorally rather than through
language
22). What is intellectualization?
Ans: excessive reasoning or logic used to avoid painful emotions
23). What is rationalization?
Ans: offering a socially acceptable or apparently logical explanation to justify or make
acceptable otherwise unacceptable impulses, feelings, behaviors, and motives
24). What type of team members might a psychiatric nurse work with?
Ans: psychiatrists
social workers
case managers
psychologist
psychiatric technicians
25). Basic level psychiatric nurse
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Graded A+
1). Transference
Ans: An unconscious response of patients in which they experience feelings and
attitudes toward the nurse that were originally associated with significant figures in their
lives- may be positive or negative
2). Counter transference
Ans: An emotional response of the nurse that is generated by the patient's qualities
that stimulate emotions based on their own personal experience that results in behavior
that is not appropriate to the therapeutic relationship
3). Psychoeducational groups
Ans: A combination of pscho-educational and interpersonal processing and problem
solving strategies.
Focuses on problems in life and improved functioning rather than major personality
change
Uses interactive feedback and support in the here and now combined with information
to facilitate improved functioning of individuals
According to research, there have been substantial positive outcomes with using
psychoeducational groups for clients with mental illness
4). How can i be therapeutic in psych clinical?
Ans: -do not judge
-introduce myself to clients
-listen and talk with them
-show concern and empathy
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, 5). What are the phases of a relationship?
Ans: pre-orientation
orientation
working
termination
6). What is the pre-orientation phase?
Ans: setting the stage and timing
7). What is the orientation phase?
Ans: discussing what the encounter will be focused on or what will hopefully be
acheived
8). What is the working phase?
Ans: Setting goals, exploring issues, assisting the client to develop insight and
develop skills, evaluating progress
9). What is the termination phase?
Ans: summarizing and highlighting progress and bridging the care to the next provider
10). How did aristotle (382-322 bc) view homeostasis?
Ans: As a balance of 4 humors: blood, water, black bile, and yellow bile
11). How were people often treated for disease in aristotle's day?
Ans: bloodletting, starving, purging
12). People and their theorisms
Ans: Psychoanalytical- Freud, Jung
Interpersonal- Sullivan
Humanistic- Rogers, Perls
Behavioral- Skinner, Watson
Cognitive development-Piaget
Emotional development- Erikson
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, Family systems- Bowen, Satir, Minuchin
Attachment- Bowlby
13). What is the knowledge in pscychiatric nursing based on?
Ans: biological experience
psychological experience
spiritual experience
social experience
environmental experience
14). Maslows hierarchy of needs
Ans:
15). What is a peak experience?
Ans: when a person experiences the world totally for what it is, and there are feelings
of euphoria, joy, and wonder
16). What did maslow (1962) believe the concept peak experiences could measure?
Ans: self-acutalization
17). Erikson's life cycle tasks
Ans: Stage 1 - trust vs. mistrust (birth to 2 years old) ~hope
Stage 2 - autonomy vs. shame and doubt (2-4 years old) ~will
Stage 3 - initiative vs. guilt (4-5 years old) ~ purpose
Stage 4 - industry vs. inferiority (5-12 years old) ~ competence
Stage 5 - identity vs. role confusion (13-19 years old) ~ fidelity
Stage 6 - intimacy vs. isolation (20-39 years old) ~ love
Stage 7 - generativity vs. stagnation (40-64 years old) ~ care
Stage 8 - integrity vs. despair (65-death) ~ wisdom
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, 18). What are some unconscious mechanisms of defense?
Ans: denial/minimization
projection
acting out
intellectualization
rationalization
19). What is denial/minimization?
Ans: denial - avoidance of difficult realitites by ignoring or refusing to recognize them
minimization - causing the impact or effect something will have on their life to appear
smaller than reality
20). What is projection?
Ans: attributing one's own thoughts or impulses to another person
21). What is acting out?
Ans: feeling, emotions, and conflicts expressed behaviorally rather than through
language
22). What is intellectualization?
Ans: excessive reasoning or logic used to avoid painful emotions
23). What is rationalization?
Ans: offering a socially acceptable or apparently logical explanation to justify or make
acceptable otherwise unacceptable impulses, feelings, behaviors, and motives
24). What type of team members might a psychiatric nurse work with?
Ans: psychiatrists
social workers
case managers
psychologist
psychiatric technicians
25). Basic level psychiatric nurse
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