NSG 322 Topic 1-3 Review Questions and Correct Answers
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NSG 322
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NSG 322
A critical care nurse asks a psychiatric nurse about the difference between a DSM-IV-TR diagnosis and a nursing diagnosis. Select the psychiatric nurse's best response. a) "No functional difference exists between the two diagnoses. Both serve to identify a human deviance." b) "The DSM-IV-TR diagnos...
NSG 322 Topic 1-3 Review Questions
and Correct Answers
A critical care nurse asks a psychiatric nurse about the difference between a DSM-IV-
TR diagnosis and a nursing diagnosis. Select the psychiatric nurse's best response.
a) "No functional difference exists between the two diagnoses. Both serve to identify a
human deviance."
b) "The DSM-IV-TR diagnosis disregards culture, whereas the nursing diagnosis
includes cultural variables."
c) "The DSM-IV-TR diagnosis profiles present distress or disability, whereas a nursing
diagnosis considers past and present responses to actual mental health problems."
d) "The DSM-IV-TR diagnosis influences the medical treatment; the nursing diagnosis
offers a framework to identify interventions for problems a patient has or may
experience." ✅d) "The DSM-IV-TR diagnosis influences the medical treatment; the
nursing diagnosis offers a framework to identify interventions for problems a patient has
or may experience."
A newly admitted patient is profoundly depressed, mute, and motionless. The patient
has refused to bathe and eat for a week. Which score would be expected on the
patient's global assessment of functioning?
a) 100
b) 80
c) 50
d) 10 ✅d) 10
A nurse explains multiaxial diagnoses to a psychiatric technician. Which information is
accurate?
a) It is a template for treatment planning.
b) Nursing and medical diagnoses are included.
c) Assessments of several aspects of functioning are included.
d) It incorporates the framework of a specific biopsychosocial theory. ✅c)
Assessments of several aspects of functioning are included.
A nurse must assess several new patients at a community mental health center.
Conclusions concerning current functioning should be made on the basis of:
a) the degree of conformity of the individual to society's norms.
b) the degree to which an individual is logical and rational.
c) a continuum from mentally healthy to unhealthy.
d) the rate of intellectual and emotional growth. ✅c) a continuum from mentally healthy
to unhealthy.
Which patient statements identify qualities of nursing practice with high therapeutic
value? (Select all that apply.) "The nurse:
, a) talks in language I can understand
b) helps me keep track of my medications
c) is willing to go to social activities with me.
d) lets me do whatever I choose without interfering.
e) looks at me as a whole person with different needs. ✅a) talks in language I can
understand
b) helps me keep track of my medications
e) looks at me as a whole person with different needs.
In the shift-change report, an off-going nurse criticizes a patient who wears heavy
makeup. Which comment by the nurse who receives the report best demonstrates
advocacy?
a) "This is a psychiatric hospital. Craziness is what we are all about."
b) "Let's all show acceptance of this patient by wearing lots of makeup too."
c) "Your comments are inconsiderate and inappropriate. Keep the report objective."
d) "Our patients need our help to learn behaviors that will help them get along in
society." ✅d) "Our patients need our help to learn behaviors that will help them get
along in society."
Which outcome, focused on recovery, would be expected in the plan of care for a
patient living in the community with serious and persistent mental illness? Within 3
months, the patient will:
a) deny suicidal ideation.
b) report a sense of well-being.
c) take medications as prescribed.
d) attend clinic appointments on time. ✅b) report a sense of well-being.
Which research evidence would most influence a group of nurses to change their
practice?
a) Expert committee report of recommendations for practice
b) Systematic review of randomized controlled trials
c) Nonexperimental descriptive study
d) Critical pathway ✅b) Systematic review of randomized controlled trials
The "art" of psychiatric mental health nursing, according to Benner, includes ✅caring
attending
patient advocacy
The "science" of psychiatric mental health nursing includes: ✅nursing theory
psychosocial theory
neurobiological theory
Caring is ✅an attitude that one communicate
a way of being with the patient
giving of self
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