Health And Healing Iii-Mental Health – Test1 Week1-3- Durham College Proctored Exam

The individual with PTSD would experience which following features?

Priority interventions for a patient diagnosed with major depression and feelings of worthlessness should include which of the following?

A patient diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia refuses food, stating the voices are saying the food is contaminated and deadly. Which of the following would be a therapeutic response for the nurse?

A patient admitted with a diagnosis of Schizophrenia. The report states patient is experiencing positive symptoms. As the nurse what do you understand about positive symptoms?

The nurse is finding it difficult to provide structure and set limits for a patient. The nurse should self-evaluate for which of the following?

A nurse teaches a patient a technique for examining negative thoughts and restating them in positive ways. What is this technique called?

A patient tells the nurse, "My doctor thinks my problems with stress relate to the negative way I think about things and suggested I learn new ways of thinking." Which response by the nurse would supp

During an interview, a patient attempts to shift the focus from self to the student nurse by asking personal questions. The student nurse should respond by saying:

________ level of anxiety can be clinically manifested by erratic and uncoordinated movements, impulsive behavior, unable to process the environment and may lose touch with reality.

As a nursing student in clinical placement the nurse asks you to complete the hourly rounding. (Select all that apply)

Developing a therapeutic relationship between the healthcare team and the patient requires 5 dynamic components. Identify the one of the 5 dynamic components.

A patient who has been receiving antipsychotic medication for 6 weeks tells the nurse that the hallucinations are nearly gone and that concentration has improved. When the patient reports flulike symp

The individual initially thinks, "I'll never get through this huge assignment," but then amends the thought to "I can get through the assignment by breaking it into small portions and doing them one b

A patient is diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD). The nursing assessment supports this diagnosis when the patient reports which of the following?

A patient diagnosed with a severe and persistent mental illness tells the case manager, ”I think people are laughing at me behind my back. I get real upset and anxious when I have to be around others

Which of the following is a nursing intervention designed to help a patient with schizophrenia manage relapse?

A patient admitted on an involuntary status is seen by the rights advisor. The patient states they wish to "challenge the form". Select all appropriate answers in this situation (Select all that apply

The mental health status of a particular patient can best be assessed by considering which of the following?

Self-help groups are useful for reducing stress because they provide the individual with which of the following stress mediators?

A nurse explains to the family of a mentally ill patient how a nurse-patient relationship differ from social relationships. Which is the best explanation?

A patient diagnosed with schizophrenia experiencing disorganization would have greatest difficulty with the nurse doing which of the following?

A patient in your clinic who has social anxiety disorder is attending your 12 week group therapy. You know the patient is showing progress when they make the following statement:

What assumption can be made about the patient who has been admitted on an involuntary basis?

Practicing with a least restraint philosophy, put the order from "least to most restraint use".

A patient comes to the crisis intervention clinic and tearfully tells the nurse, "It is so painful! I have thought about it, and I cannot see how I can go on without my partner." The nurse states, "Yo