Test Bank - for Contemporary Nursing Issues, Trends, & Management 16th Edition by Barbara Cherry, All Chapters Complete Guide A+

PsychiatricvNursingvContemporaryvPracticev7thvEditionvBoydvLuebbertvTestvBank

Chapterv1 Psychiatric–MentalvHealthvNursingvandvEvidence-BasedvPractice
1 Whichvofvthevfollowingvquestionsvwouldvbevmostv helpful
.
invbeginningvanvinitialvassessmentvinterviewvforvavpatientvwhovhasvjustvbe
envadmittedvtovavpsychiatricvinpatientv unit?
A)
Havevyouvhadvanyvpreviousvpsyc
hiatricvadmissions?
B) Whatvbringsvyouvintovthevhospitalv today?

C) Havevyouvhadvanyvthoughtsvaboutvtryingvtovharmvyourself?


D) Howvwouldvyouvdescribevyourvrelationshipvwithvyourvspouse?



2.
Avpatientvisvbeingvadmittedvtovthevpsychiatricvunit.vWhilevexplainingvhi
svreasonvforvseekingvadmission,vhevdescribesvhowvhisv32-year-
oldvsonvrecentlyvdiedvofvavheartvattack.vWhichvresponsevbyvthevnursevwou
ldvenhancevtheveffectivenessvofvthisvinterview?


A) Howvisvyourvwifevhandlingvyourvsonsv death?

B)
Dovyouvhavevanyvothervlivingvchildrenvthatvcanvhelpvyouvcopevwit
hvthisvloss?
C) Thisvmustvbevavveryvdifficultvtimevforv you.

,D) Ivknowvexactlyvhowvyourevfeeling;vmyv23-year-
oldvsonvdiedvunexpectedlyvlastvyear.


3.
Avpatientvwasvadmittedvtovthevhospitalvaftervavsuicidevattemptvmadevafterv
hisvdaughtervwasvkilledvinvanvautomobilevaccidentvduringvwhichvhevhadvbee
nvdrivingvandvsurvivedvwithvonlyvminorvinjuries.vEvenvthoughvthevaccidentv
wasvunavoidable,vhevfeelsvresponsible.vDuringvthevassessmentvinterview,vt
hevpatientvbeginsvtovdescribevthevlastvconversationvhevhadvwithvhisvdaughter
vbeforevhevlost vcontrolvofvthevautomobile.vAsvhevspeaksvaboutvhis vdaughter,v

hisvvoicevtrembles,vandvavsilentvtearvrollsvdownvhisvface.vHevmakesvavvisible
vattempt vtovstraightenvupvandvsmilesvsuperficiallyvatvthevnurse,vstating,vIllvge

tvovervthis.v Ivjustvneedvtovkeepvavstiffvuppervlip.vIvthinkvallvIvneedvtovdovisvsta
yvovernight.vIllvbevasvgoodvasvnewvbyvtomorrow.vWhichvresponsevbyvthevnu
rsevwouldvbevmostv appropriate?




A)
Tellvmevaboutvyourvdaughter.vHowvwouldvyouvdescribevthevrelati
onshipvyouvhadvwithvher?
B) Imvsurevyouvarevright;vavgoodvnightsvrestvshouldvmakevavbigvdifference.


C) Asvgoodvasvnew?

D)
Youvmadevavseriousvattemptvonvyourvlife;vyouvwillvnotvbevrea
dyvgovhomevbyvtomorrow.

,4.
Aftervassessingvavpatient,vthevnursevnotedvthevfollowing:vhevwasvtearful,vh
evtriedvtovkillvhimselfvbeforevcomingvintovthevhospital,vhevhadvnovimmediate
vplanvforvanothervsuicidevattempt,vhevwas vunablevtovconcentrate,vandvhevrep

ortedvhavingvtroublevsleepingvandvhavingvlittlevorvnovappetite.vThevnursevals
ovnotedvthatvthevpatientsvappearancevwasvunkempt,vthatvhevspokevinvavlowvm
onotone,vandvthatvhevwasvunablevtovestablishvandvmaintainveyevcontact.vBas
edvonvthisvinformation,vwhichvnursingvdiagnosesvwouldvbevthevmostvapprop
riate?




A) IneffectivevRolevPerformance

B) RiskvforvInfection

C) RiskvforvSuicide

D) RiskvforvSelf-Mutilation


5.
Avstaffvnursevonvavpsychiatricvunitvknowsvthatvpatientsvoftenvhavevtroubl
evsleepingvbecausevofvtheirvpsychiatricvconditions.vWhichvofvthevfollowin
gvwouldvreflectvavpsychiatricvnursingvinterventionvtovappropriatelyvaddres
svthisvproblem?


A) Limitingvamountsvofveveningvsnacksvandv beverages

B) Involvingvpatientsvinvavvolleyballvgamevimmediatelyvbeforevbedtime


C)
Enforcingvthevrulevthatvallvpatientsvbevinvbedvwithvlightsvoutvbyv
10:30vPM
D) Encouragingvpatientsvtovtakevshortvnapsvinvthevafternoons



6.
Thevnursevisvdeterminingvthevsuccessvofvavpatientsvplanvofvcarevbyvevaluati
ngvoutcomevindicators.vThevnursevunderstandsvthatvthesevindicatorsvarevusua
llyvdeterminedvinitiallyvatvwhichvtime?

, A) Onvthevdayvofvdischarge

B) Duringvthevassessmentvprocess

C) Atvthevinitialvinterview

D) Withvgoal-settingvprocess


7.
Basedvonvassessmentvdata,vthevnursevformulatesvthevnursingvdiagnosi
svforvavpatientvasvsleepvpatternvdisturbance.vAftervteachingvthevpatientvh
owvtovrelaxvbeforevbedtime,vthevnursevdeterminesvthatvthevteachingvwa
sveffectivevbyvwhichvoutcome?


A) Discussesvfeelingsvaboutvnotvbeingvablevtovfallv asleep

B) Reportsvfeelingvrestedvonvawakeningvinvthevmorningvwithinv3vdays


C) Requestsvsleepingvmedicationveachvnightvbeforevbedtime


D) Isvablevtovsleepvforvshortvintervalsvthroughoutvthev night


8.
Avpatientvwasvbroughtvtovthevemergencyvdepartmentvforvanvinjuryvhevrece
ivedvwhilevworkingvasvavmigrantvworker.vItvsoonvbecomesvevidentvthatvthevp
atientvcannotvspeakvEnglish.vAvnursevonvdutyvoffersvtovfindvanvinterpretervso
vthevpatient vcanvcommunicatevwithvthevmedical vstaff.vThevnursesvoffervisvanv

examplevofvwhichvtypevofvnursingvintervention?




A) Milieuvtherapy

B) Conflictvresolution

C) Culturalvbrokering

D) Structuredvinteraction