PRN1562/ PRN 1562 Exam 1 (Latest 2024/ 2025
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What statement about mental illness is true?
a. mental illness is a matter of individual nonconformity with societal norms
b. mental illness is present when individual irrational and illogical behavior occurs
c. mental illness changes with culture, time in history, political system, and group defining it
d. mental illness is evaluated solely by considering individual control over behavior and
appraisal of reality - ANSWER c. mental illness changes with culture, time in history,
political system, and group defining it
A nursing student new to psychiatric nursing asks a peer what resource he/she can use to figure
out which symptom are part of the picture of a specific psychiatric disorder. The best answer
would be:
a. nursing intervention classifications
b. nursing intervention outcomes
c. NANDA nursing diagnosis
d. DSM-V - ANSWER d. DSM-V
Why is it important for the nurse to be aware of multiple factors that can influence an
individual's mental health?
a. rates of illness differ among various groups
b. the DSM-V cannot be used without this information
c. a holistic nursing assessment requires this awareness
d. the nurse must contribute this data for epidemiological research - ANSWER c. a
holistic nursing assessment requires this awareness
Which statement best describes a major difference between a DSM-V diagnosis and a nursing
diagnosis?
,a. there is no functional difference between the two. both serve to identify a human deviance.
b. the DSM-V diagnosis disregards culture, whereas the nursing diagnosis takes culture into
account
c. the DSM-V is associated with present distress of disability, whereas a nursing diagnosis
considers past and present responses to actual mental health problems
d. the DSM-V diagnosis impacts the choice of medical treatment, whereas the nursing diagnosis
offers a framework for identifying interventions for phenomena a client is experiencing -
ANSWER d. the DSM-V diagnosis impacts the choice of medical treatment, whereas the
nursing diagnosis offers a framework for identifying interventions for phenomena a client is
experiencing
Resilience, the capacity to rebound from stressors via adaptive coping, is associated with positive
mental health. Your friend has just been laid off from his job. Which of the following responses
on your part most likely contribute to enhanced resilience?
a. using your connection to set up an interview with you employer.
b. connecting him with a friend with the family who owns his own business
c. supporting him in arranging, preparing for, and completing multiple interviews
d. helping him to understand that the layoff resulted from troubles in the economy and is not his
fault - ANSWER c. supporting him in arranging, preparing for, and completing
multiple interviews
Which of the following situations best supports the stress-diathesis model of mental
development?
a. the rate of suicide increases during times of national disaster and despair
b. four of five siblings in the Jones family develop bipolar disorder by the age of 30
c. a man with no prior mental health problems experiences sadness after his divorce
d. a man develops schizophrenia, but his identical twin remains free of mental illness -
ANSWER d. a man develops schizophrenia, but his identical twin remains free of mental
illness
After severe therapeutic encounters with a client who recently attempted suicide, the behavior
that would cause the nurse to consider the possibility of countertransference is that:
a. the client's reactions toward the nurse seem realistic and appropriate
b. the client states the nurse is concerned about her, just like her father
c. the nurse develops a trusting relationship with the client
, d .the nurse feels exceptionally happy when the client's mood begins to lift - ANSWER
d .the nurse feels exceptionally happy when the client's mood begins to lift
Termination of the therapeutic nurse-client relationship with a client has been handled
successfully when the nurse:
a. gives the client his personal telephone number and permission to call after discharge
b. avoids upsetting the client by focusing on other clients beginning q week before the client's
discharge
c. discusses with the client the changes that have happened during their time together and
evaluates outcome attainment
d. offers to meet the client for coffee and conversation three times a week for 2 weeks after
discharge - ANSWER c. discusses with the client the changes that have happened
during their time together and evaluates outcome attainment
During which phase of the nurse-client relationship can the nurse anticipate that identified client
issues will be explored and resolved?
a. the working phase
b. the identifying phase
c. the dysfunctional phase
d. the termination phase - ANSWER a. the working phase
At what point in the nurse-client relationship should the nurse plan to first address the issue of
termination?
a. in the working phase
b. in the termination phase
c. in the orientation phase
d. when the client initially brings up the topic - ANSWER c. in the orientation phase
The nurse introduced the matter of a contract during the first session because contracts
a. specify what the nurse will do for the client
b. are indicative of the feeling tone established between the participants
c. are binding and prevent wither party from prematurely ending the relationship
d. spell out the participation and responsibilities of both parties - ANSWER d. spell out
the participation and responsibilities of both parties
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