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Psychiatry Exam Questions and Answers 2023

Psychiatry Exam Questions and Answers 2023

Peplau four stage of nurse pt relationship 1) orientation - begin a strangers - correct answerA) client- seeks or is brought in for help B) nurse- response to client, explains parameter of relationship, gather data, listen to areas of concern, lays groundwork for termination 2) Identification - correct answerA) client - response to help offered by nurse, identify with the nurse and maybe dependent, active complaint B)nurse - structures relationship to focus on client. 3)Exploitation - ...

Psych Tech is involved in a legal action the first step to occur is that a document is filled in an appropriate court, which is? - correct answerA complaint Universal guidelines are developed for all nursing interventions, which define appropriate measures that should be observed during the performance of those interventions. These are known as: - correct answerStandard code of care Psychiatric technician who failed to irrigate a feeding tube as ordered resulting in harm to the patient cou...

2. A male client is admitted to the mental health unit because he was feeling depressed about the loss of his wife and job. The client has a history of alcohol dependency and admits that he was drinking alcohol 12 hours ago. Vital signs are: temperature, 100° F, pulse 100, and BP 142/100. The nurse plans to give the client lorazepam (Ativan) based on which priority nursing diagnosis? A) Risk for injury related to suicidal ideation. B) Risk for injury related to alcohol detoxification. C) ...

Zyprexa (olanzapine) - correct answeratypical antipsychotic Schizophrenia - correct answerA psychotic disorder involving distortions in thoughts, perceptions, and/or emotions. delirium - correct answermental disorder marked by confusion; uncontrolled excitement; ADJ. delirious, reversible but can be fatal Dementia - correct answerAn abnormal condition marked by multiple cognitive defects that include memory impairment. personality disorders - Cluster a: odd and eccentric - correct an...

Inhalants: Intoxication affects - correct answerWithdrawal effects Euphoria Dizziness Blurred vision loss of inhibition muscle weakness depressed reflexes slurred speech loss of coordination Assess motivation and stage of/readiness for change Prochaska DiClemente and Norcross - correct answerStages 1 Precontemplation personal realization and decreased defensiveness and rationalization through social pressure dramatic experience media consequences and social norms 2 Contemplation Shifting ...

Psychiatric-mental health nursing - correct answeremploys a purposeful use of self as its art and a wide range of nursing, psychosocial, and neurobiological theories and research evidence as its science mental illness - correct answermedical conditions-dysfunctions of the brain and neurotransmitters, that affect a person's thinking, feeling, mood, ability to relate to other and daily functions epidemiology - correct answerstudy of the number of cases of disorders in human populations s...

Psychiatric-mental health nursing - correct answeremploys a purposeful use of self as its art and a wide range of nursing, psychosocial, and neurobiological theories and research evidence as its science mental illness - correct answermedical conditions-dysfunctions of the brain and neurotransmitters, that affect a person's thinking, feeling, mood, ability to relate to other and daily functions epidemiology - correct answerstudy of the number of cases of disorders in human populations s...