1. Varcarolis: Essen-tials of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing:
2. Test Bank:
3. Chapter 2: Mental Health and Mental Ill-ness:
4. : MULTIPLE CHOICE
5. : 1. A nurse explains multiaxial diagnoses to a psychiatric
technician. Which information is accurate?
6. a.: It is a template for treatment planning.
7. b.: Nursing and medical diagnoses are included.
8. c.: Assessments of several aspects of functioning are included.
9. d.: It incorporates the framework of a specific biopsychosocial theory.
10.ANS:: C
11. The use of five axes requires assessment beyond diagnosis of a mental
disorder and includes relevant medical conditions, psychosocial and
environ- mental problems, and global assessment of functioning. The DSM-
IV-TR is not a template for treatment planning and does not use a specific
biopsychosocial theory. Nursing diagnoses are not included in multiaxial
diagnoses.:
12.: 2. Which documentation of diagnosis would a nurse expect for a
person with mental illness?
13. a.: I Rheumatoid
arthritis 14. II 100:
15. III Posttraumatic stress disorder:
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, 16. IV Arrested for shoplifting 2 months ago:
17. V None:
18.b.: I Mental retardation
19. II Histrionic personality disorder:
20. III 75:
21. IV Hypertension:
22. V Home destroyed by tornado last year:
23.c.: I Schizophrenia, paranoid
24. II Death of spouse last year:
25. III 40:
26. IV None:
27. V Alcohol abuse:
28.d.: I Generalized anxiety disorder
29. II Avoidant personality disorder:
30. III Fibromyalgia:
31. IV Declared bankruptcy 6 months ago:
32. V 60:
33.ANS:: D
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