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NR548 Exam 2 – Questions & Correct Answers
NR548 Exam 2 – Questions & Correct Answers
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NR548 Exam 2 – Questions & Correct AnswersPsychiatric interview ✔️Ans - the process by which psychiatric
assessment is conducted
-primary tasks
• building a therapeutic alliance between the PMHNP & client
• obtaining a database of psychiatric info about the client
• establishing a dx
• negotiating a tx plan
Therapeutic Alliance ✔️Ans - a feeling that you should create over the
course of the diagnostic interview, a sense of rapport, trust, and warmth
-most important goal of the interview process
-the cooperative working relationship between the therapist and client
• begins during the initial or opening phase of the interview
-fundamental component of successful therapy
• Without trust, adherence to treatment recommendations may be
compromised
• interview may not elicit the information needed to formulate an
appropriate dx & plan of care without rapport & trust
Creating rapport: tips ✔️Ans - -Be Yourself
-Be Warm, Courteous, and Emotionally Sensitive
-Actively Defuse the Strangeness of the Clinical Situation
-Give Your Patient the Opening Word
-Gain Your Patient's Trust by Projecting Competence
How to approach threatening topics (sensitive/embarrassing material)
✔️Ans - -Normalization
-Symptom Expectation
-Symptom Exaggeration
-Reduction of Guilt
-Use Familiar Language When Asking about Behaviors
Normalization ✔️Ans - Introducing Q with some type of normalizing
statement
-two principal ways to do this:
,1. start the question by implying that the behavior is a normal or
understandable response to a mood or situation
• ex: Sometimes when people are very depressed, they think of hurting
themselves. Has this been true for you?
2. Begin by describing another patient (or patients) who has engaged in the
behavior, showing your patient that she is not alone
• ex: I've talked to several patients who've said that their depression causes
them to have strange experiences, like hearing voices or thinking that
strangers are laughing at them. Has that been happening to you?
Symptom Expectation ✔️Ans - communicate that a behavior is in some
way normal or expected
-Phrase your Q's to imply that you already assume the patient has engaged
in some behavior and that you will not be offended by a positive response
-high index of suspicion of some self-destructive activity
-Ex: patient is profoundly depressed and has expressed feelings of
hopelessness. You suspect suicidality, but you sense that the patient may be
too ashamed to admit it. Rather than gingerly asking "Have you had any
thoughts that you'd be better off dead?" you might decide to use symptom
expectation. "What kinds of ways to hurt yourself have you thought about?"
*reserve this technique for situations in which it seems appropriate
Symptom Exaggeration ✔️Ans - suggesting a frequency of a problematic
behavior that is higher than your expectation, so that the patient feels that
their actual, lower frequency of the behavior will not be perceived by you
as being "bad."
-helpful in clarifying the severity of symptoms
*reserve this technique for situations in which it seems appropriate
Reduction of guilt ✔️Ans - seeks to directly reduce a patient's guilt
about a specific behavior in order to discover what they have been doing
-useful in obtaining a hx of domestic violence & other antisocial behavior
Domestic Violence
-"Have you ever been in situations where fights occurred and you were
affected?"
, • If patient answers "yes," you can flesh out whether role was being a
witness, victim, or perpetrator
According to Peplau's Theory of Interpersonal Relations, establishing early
rapport allows the role of the nurse to evolve from stranger to: ✔️Ans -
resource person, teacher, leader, surrogate, technical expert, and counselor
Establishing the Relationship ✔️Ans - -Trust is essential for a
therapeutic alliance
-First impressions are important
-PMHNP should take time to make introductions and ensure the client is
comfortable
-Ask general questions to arrive at an empathic understanding of how the
client feels
-Listen carefully and communicate an appreciation for the client's concerns
-Building a trusting relationship based on respect, kindness, and
acceptance will break down barriers and allow for client needs to be the
center of the plan of care
-Being present and openly engaged will enhance the communication
experience
three phases of the psychiatric interview ✔️Ans - 1. Opening phase
2. Body of the Interview
3. Closing the Interview
Opening phase ✔️Ans - -first 5-10 minutes
-establish rapport & therapeutic alliance
-often most important phase
• establishes the foundation
-begins with PMHNP asking "what brought you in to see me today?"
Body of the Interview ✔️Ans - -30-40 minutes
-Chief Complaint Established
• additional Q's asked to elicit info r/t the complaint
-ask about HPI, family hx, social/developmental hx, medical hx, psychiatric
ROS
-basis for dx and tx formulation
Closing the Interview ✔️Ans - -5-10 minutes, final phase
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