NURSING 326 Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing Test Part 1

Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing Test Part 1 All the questions in the quiz along with their answers are shown below. Your answers are bolded. The correct answers have a green background while the incorrect ones have a red background. 1. Your patient is very dependent and submissive. There are times that the patient is very clingy. This behavior reflects what type of personality disorder?  a. Antisocial personality  b. Dependent Personality  c. Manic behavior  d. Anxiety disorder Dependent personality is characterized by dependence, submission and being clingy. Antisocial personality is impulsive, aggressive and manipulative. 2. The appropriate therapeutic distance between you and a psychiatric patient is?  a. 12 inches  b. 35 inches  c. 12 feet  d. 4 feet Intimate zone: 0-18 inches. Parents with young children, people who mutually desire personal contact, or people whispering. Personal zone: 18-36 inches. Between family and friends talking. Social zone: 4-12 feet. Communication in social, work and business settings. Public zone: 12-25 inches. Speaker and an audience. Therapeutic distance: 3-6 feet. 3. Nurse Anna is instructing the new nurse to the psychiatric set-up. She also reminded her to use her therapeutic communication skills in dealing with clients. Which of the following techniques enlaces therapeutic communication?  a. What are you thinking about?  b. What made you think that way?  c. Why did you say that?  d. Let’s not talk about that. What do you think? This is using the therapeutic technique BROAD OPENING that allows the client to take the initiative to introduce a topic. 4. Mr. Juan is diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. The nurse’s intervention should focus on helping the client be oriented with the physical set-up and daily events. Which of the following is the most effective nursing intervention in orienting patients who has Alzheimer’s disease?  a. Encourage the client to talk to family members to reminisce things  b. Provide simple and easily understood directions  c. Perform tasks with a variety of activities each day  d. Have the client socialize with other patients Providing a daily routine and directions easily understood by the client would help orienting a client with Alzheimer’s disease. 5. A therapy that focuses on the remotivation of clients by directing their attention outside themselves to relieve preoccupation with personal thoughts, feelings, and attitudes is known as:  a. Pharmacologic therap