Contemporary Psychiatric-Mental
Health Nursing (test 1) chaps 1-5 8-10,
13, 23 well answered
Suggest that staff use the term mentally ill. - correct answer ✔✔ During the shift report, a nurse
describes a client as crazy. Which approach by the nurse would be best?
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders - correct answer ✔✔ The psychiatric
mental health nursing student is preparing to attend a meeting of the psychiatric mental health
care team to discuss possible updates to clients’ diagnoses. In preparing for this meeting, the
nursing student should consult which of the following references?
The client has some very inappropriate religious ideas and spiritual beliefs. - correct answer ✔✔
The nurse is sharing client assessment data with the multidisciplinary health care team. Which
comment by the nurse is irrelevant and indicates a misunderstanding of the concept of a mental
disorder?
Instruct the nursing assistant that anyone can have a mental health problem. - correct answer
✔✔ The nursing assistant verbalizes to the psychiatric nurse that normal people dont have
mental disorders. Which approach by the nurse would be best?
Social conditions
Biochemistry
Brain structure
Culture - correct answer ✔✔ The nurse is teaching the client regarding the concept of mental
disorders. In instructing the client, what areas should be covered in the explanation of what
impacts the determination of a mental disorder?
Standard Text: Select all that apply.
,Grieving after a loss may signal a mental disorder. - correct answer ✔✔ The nurse is teaching
staff at a community mental health clinic about what constitutes a mental disorder. Which
comment by staff indicates to the nurse the need for further teaching?
Consult the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders for diagnostic criteria. -
correct answer ✔✔ The nurse is told that the client most likely has the diagnosis of obsessive-
compulsive disorder. The nurse is not sure of the assessment data and behaviors that
accompany this disorder. Which action would be most appropriate for the nurse to take?
Occupational history.
Psychiatric history.
Culture. - correct answer ✔✔ During an admission assessment on an adult unit, the nurse is
thinking that the clients beliefs and actions regarding commonly accepted health practices are
bizarre. To help establish the presence of a mental disorder, the nurse should first collect
information about the clients:
Standard Text: Select all that apply.
Inquire as to the culture with which the client identifies. - correct answer ✔✔ The nurse is
caring for a client who was recently admitted to the unit. During the nursing assessment of the
client, the nurse finds the clients beliefs and actions related to many health practices to stray
from the norm. Which action would be most appropriate for the nurse to take at this time?
The knowledge that beliefs and behaviors are judged by cultural and social considerations. -
correct answer ✔✔ The new nurse is working with a preceptor on a medical-surgical unit. The
nurse has just assessed a client and states to the preceptor, This client has many odd notions
regarding several common health practices. He seems like a deviant to me. In planning a
response, the preceptor is guided by:
Behavior - correct answer ✔✔ A nurse educator is teaching a group of students the definition of
a mentally healthy individual. The nurse educator knows that an individual is considered
, mentally healthy when which of the following concepts give evidence to psychological,
emotional, and social health?
Independent and autonomous. - correct answer ✔✔ The nurse is asked to provide traits of a
mentally healthy individual at a hospital in-service. The nurse knows that mentally healthy
individuals are:
A mental disorder. - correct answer ✔✔ The client has frequently presented to the clinic with
multiple physical complaints. The multiple physical complaints would warrant the nurse to
screen the client for:
Depression - correct answer ✔✔ The nurse is researching statistics of the five psychiatric
disorders that comprise the top 10 causes of disability worldwide. Given this information, the
nurse chooses which of the following as a priority screening for clients?
Alcohol usage - correct answer ✔✔ The nurse is planning care for the client who presents with
frequent reports of multiple physical complaints. Given knowledge of the leading causes of
mental disability, the nurse should plan to include further data collection in which of the
following priority areas?
Alcohol - correct answer ✔✔ The nurse plans to implement health promotion activities at the
local senior citizen center. To meet the goal of promoting knowledge related to maximizing
mental health and functional ability, the nurses teaching is guided by World Health Organization
research and should include discussion of which priority area specific to the leading causes of
mental disability?
Bipolar disorder - correct answer ✔✔ The home health nurse is caring for a number of clients
with chronic illnesses. Given World Health Organization (WHO) research, the nurse realizes that
the client with which of the following is at greatest risk for mental disability?
Depression - correct answer ✔✔ During the evaluation of the effectiveness of the nurses
discharge teaching, which client report would indicate to the nurse that the client understands
Health Nursing (test 1) chaps 1-5 8-10,
13, 23 well answered
Suggest that staff use the term mentally ill. - correct answer ✔✔ During the shift report, a nurse
describes a client as crazy. Which approach by the nurse would be best?
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders - correct answer ✔✔ The psychiatric
mental health nursing student is preparing to attend a meeting of the psychiatric mental health
care team to discuss possible updates to clients’ diagnoses. In preparing for this meeting, the
nursing student should consult which of the following references?
The client has some very inappropriate religious ideas and spiritual beliefs. - correct answer ✔✔
The nurse is sharing client assessment data with the multidisciplinary health care team. Which
comment by the nurse is irrelevant and indicates a misunderstanding of the concept of a mental
disorder?
Instruct the nursing assistant that anyone can have a mental health problem. - correct answer
✔✔ The nursing assistant verbalizes to the psychiatric nurse that normal people dont have
mental disorders. Which approach by the nurse would be best?
Social conditions
Biochemistry
Brain structure
Culture - correct answer ✔✔ The nurse is teaching the client regarding the concept of mental
disorders. In instructing the client, what areas should be covered in the explanation of what
impacts the determination of a mental disorder?
Standard Text: Select all that apply.
,Grieving after a loss may signal a mental disorder. - correct answer ✔✔ The nurse is teaching
staff at a community mental health clinic about what constitutes a mental disorder. Which
comment by staff indicates to the nurse the need for further teaching?
Consult the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders for diagnostic criteria. -
correct answer ✔✔ The nurse is told that the client most likely has the diagnosis of obsessive-
compulsive disorder. The nurse is not sure of the assessment data and behaviors that
accompany this disorder. Which action would be most appropriate for the nurse to take?
Occupational history.
Psychiatric history.
Culture. - correct answer ✔✔ During an admission assessment on an adult unit, the nurse is
thinking that the clients beliefs and actions regarding commonly accepted health practices are
bizarre. To help establish the presence of a mental disorder, the nurse should first collect
information about the clients:
Standard Text: Select all that apply.
Inquire as to the culture with which the client identifies. - correct answer ✔✔ The nurse is
caring for a client who was recently admitted to the unit. During the nursing assessment of the
client, the nurse finds the clients beliefs and actions related to many health practices to stray
from the norm. Which action would be most appropriate for the nurse to take at this time?
The knowledge that beliefs and behaviors are judged by cultural and social considerations. -
correct answer ✔✔ The new nurse is working with a preceptor on a medical-surgical unit. The
nurse has just assessed a client and states to the preceptor, This client has many odd notions
regarding several common health practices. He seems like a deviant to me. In planning a
response, the preceptor is guided by:
Behavior - correct answer ✔✔ A nurse educator is teaching a group of students the definition of
a mentally healthy individual. The nurse educator knows that an individual is considered
, mentally healthy when which of the following concepts give evidence to psychological,
emotional, and social health?
Independent and autonomous. - correct answer ✔✔ The nurse is asked to provide traits of a
mentally healthy individual at a hospital in-service. The nurse knows that mentally healthy
individuals are:
A mental disorder. - correct answer ✔✔ The client has frequently presented to the clinic with
multiple physical complaints. The multiple physical complaints would warrant the nurse to
screen the client for:
Depression - correct answer ✔✔ The nurse is researching statistics of the five psychiatric
disorders that comprise the top 10 causes of disability worldwide. Given this information, the
nurse chooses which of the following as a priority screening for clients?
Alcohol usage - correct answer ✔✔ The nurse is planning care for the client who presents with
frequent reports of multiple physical complaints. Given knowledge of the leading causes of
mental disability, the nurse should plan to include further data collection in which of the
following priority areas?
Alcohol - correct answer ✔✔ The nurse plans to implement health promotion activities at the
local senior citizen center. To meet the goal of promoting knowledge related to maximizing
mental health and functional ability, the nurses teaching is guided by World Health Organization
research and should include discussion of which priority area specific to the leading causes of
mental disability?
Bipolar disorder - correct answer ✔✔ The home health nurse is caring for a number of clients
with chronic illnesses. Given World Health Organization (WHO) research, the nurse realizes that
the client with which of the following is at greatest risk for mental disability?
Depression - correct answer ✔✔ During the evaluation of the effectiveness of the nurses
discharge teaching, which client report would indicate to the nurse that the client understands
