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NURS 172 Exam 1: Questions With Correct Solutions
NURS 172 Exam 1: Questions With Correct Solutions
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NURS 172 Exam 1: Questions With Correct SolutionsWhich of the following characteristics should be included in a therapeutic
nurse-client relationship? Right Ans - Meeting both the physical and
psychological needs of the client
Collaborating to set appropriate goals
Ensuring therapeutic termination
Promoting client insight into problematic behavior
The nurse-client therapeutic relationship should include promoting client
insight into problematic behavior, collaboration to set appropriate goals,
meeting the physical and psychological needs of the client, and ensuring
therapeutic termination. Meeting the nurse's psychological needs should
never be addressed within the nurse-client relationship.
Which of the following individuals are communicating a message? Right
Ans - A teenage girl writing, "No one understands me"
A mother spanking her son for playing with matches
A teenage boy isolating himself and playing loud music
A biker sporting an eagle tattoo on his biceps
The nurse should determine that spanking, isolating, getting tattoos, and
writing are all ways in which people communicate messages to others. It is
estimated that about 70% to 80% of communication is nonverbal.
A nurse attends an interdisciplinary team meeting regarding a newly admitted
client. Which of the following individuals are typically included as members of
the interdisciplinary treatment team in psychiatry? Right Ans - The
interdisciplinary treatment team in psychiatry consists of a psychologist,
occupational therapist, recreational therapist, art therapist, mental health
technician, and chaplain. In addition, a psychiatrist, psychiatric nurse,
psychiatric social worker, music therapist, psychodramatist, and dietitian also
participate in the interdisciplinary treatment team. Respiratory therapists and
hospital volunteers are not included in the interdisciplinary treatment team in
psychiatry.
Which of the following conditions promote a therapeutic community?
Right Ans - A democratic form of government exists.
Unit responsibilities are assigned according to client capabilities
A therapeutic community is promoted when unit responsibilities are assigned
according to client capability and a democratic form of government exists.
, Therapeutic communities are structured and provide therapeutic
interventions that focus on communication and relationship-development
skills.
Which of the following behavioral skills should a nurse implement when
leading a group that is functioning in the orientation phase of group
development? Right Ans - Work with group members to establish rules
that will govern the group.
Emphasize the need for and importance of confidentiality within the group.
Ensure that group rules do not interfere with goal fulfillment.
During the orientation phase of group development, the nurse leader should
work together with members to establish rules that will govern the group. The
leader should ensure that group rules do not interfere with goal fulfillment
and establish the need for and importance of confidentiality within the group.
Members need to establish trust and cohesion in order to move into the
working phase.
A ______________________ is a collection of individuals whose association is
founded on shared commonalities of interest, values, norms, or purpose.
Right Ans - group
A scientific structuring of the environment in order to effect behavioral
changes and to improve the psychological health and functioning of the
individual is defined as ________________________ therapy. Right Ans - Milieu
___________________ refers to a nurse's behavioral and emotional response to a
client. These responses may be related to unresolved feelings toward
significant others from the nurse's past. Right Ans - Countertransference
The term ________________________ implies special feelings on the part of both the
client and the nurse, based on acceptance, warmth, friendliness, common
interest, a sense of trust, and a nonjudgmental attitude. Right Ans - rapport
pre-interaction phase Right Ans - -obtain info about client from chart,
significant others, or other health team members
-examine one's ow feelings, fears, and anxieties about working with a
particular client
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