Nur 233 Exam 1 Mental Health Study Questions and Correct Answers
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NUR 233
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NUR 233
The nurse completes a thorough nursing assessment of a new patient. What is the nurse's next action? Formulate the nursing diagnoses
A nurse is giving information to a patient about problem-solving skills and self-care activities. What is this type of intervention called? Health teaching and healt...
Nur 233 Exam 1 Mental Health Study
Questions and Correct Answers
The nurse completes a thorough nursing assessment of a new patient. What is the
nurse's next action? ✅Formulate the nursing diagnoses
A nurse is giving information to a patient about problem-solving skills and self-care
activities. What is this type of intervention called? ✅Health teaching and health
promotion
When assessing a mentally ill patient, a nurse finds that the patient has auditory
hallucinations. In which category should the nurse consider this symptom during the
mental status examination? ✅Auditory hallucinations are considered perceptual
disturbances as they affect the patient's perceptions
A nurse is caring for a patient with depression. Which tools should the nurse use to
assess the severity of depression in the patient? Select all that apply. ✅The Beck
Inventory, the Zung Self-Report Inventory, and the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 are
used as tools to assess depression in patients.
A nurse is evaluating a student nurse's mental status examination skills. The nurse asks
the student to assess the level of consciousness of the patient. What question asked of
the patient while assessing the level of consciousness indicates good assessment
skills? ✅The level of consciousness of the patient can be assessed by asking whether
the patient is able to hear the nurse. Based on the response (for example, verbal
response or eye movements), the nurse can determine the level of consciousness of
the patient.
A nurse is performing a follow-up assessment of a patient who has received de-
addiction treatment. Which tool does the nurse use to evaluate the effectiveness of the
treatment in the patient? ✅In order to assess substance use disorders, the nurse
should use the Recovery Attitude and Treatment Evaluator scale as it is specific to
substance abuse
What is SOAPIE ✅SOAPIE stands for Subjective, Objective, Assessment, Planning,
and Intervention. In the SOAPIE format
Acutal diagnoses ✅Actual diagnoses are the problems that currently exist.
Medical diagnoses ✅Medical diagnoses are made by the primary health care
professionals based on the symptoms and the diagnostic tests.
, Risk diagnoses ✅Risk diagnoses refer to the possibility of developing problematic
occurrences or responses.
Health promotion diagnoses ✅Health promotion diagnoses mean the wish or
motivation for improving the health standard.
What are the components of the nursing diagnosis ✅The components of the nursing
diagnosis are problem, related factors, and defining characteristics.
The mental status examination aids in the collection of what type of data? ✅The
mental status examination mostly aids in the collection of objective data.
A nurse is studying the medical records of a patient who is in the manic phase of bipolar
mood disorder. Which abnormal finding is the nurse expected to find in the lab reports?
✅A patient who is in the manic phase of bipolar mood disorder may show signs of
hyperthyroidism, whereas the patient in the depressive phase may show signs of
hypothyroidism. Thus, a thyroid test is useful in determining the phase of the bipolar
mood disorder.
Which intervention demonstrates that the nurse understands the principles that are
especially vital to effective communication with an adolescent patient? Select all that
apply ✅Adolescents especially are concerned with confidentiality and may fear that
anything they say to the nurse will be repeated to their parents. Adolescents need to
know that their records are private; they should receive an explanation as to how and
for what reason information will be shared among the treatment team. The patient must
be told that threats of suicide, homicide, sexual abuse, or behaviors that put the patient
or others at risk for harm must be shared with other professionals, as well as with the
parents. Topics for discussion are determined not solely by the patient but are
determined by the treatment team and the problems or needs of the patient's condition.
What information does the nurse provide to the mentally ill patient while giving health
teaching? Select all that apply. ✅Health teaching includes identification of the health
education needs of the patient and teaching basic principles of physical and mental
health. The teachings include topics such as adaptive coping skills to deal with stress
and self-hygiene measures.
How does the nurse provide evidence-based care to mental health patients? Select all
that apply. ✅Evidence-based practice (EBP) is founded on the nurse using clinical
skills and clinically relevant research when delivering patient care. This involves using
the best available research, incorporating patient preferences, and making sound
clinical judgments based on industry standards.
The nurse best ensures appropriate patient care when choosing an intervention from a
Nursing Interventions Classification that matches both ✅When choosing nursing
interventions from the Nursing Interventions Classification or some other source, the
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