Essentials of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing: Concepts of Care in Evidence-Based Practice 8th edition Morgan, Townsend Test Bank/RATED A

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Essentials of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing: Concepts of Care in Evidence-Based Practice 8th edition Morgan, Townsend Test Bank Chapter 1. Mental Health and Mental Illness Multiple Choice 1.... A nurse is assesAsing a client who is experiencing occasional feelings of sadness because of the recent death of a beloved pet. The clients appetite, sleep patterns, and daily routine have not changed. How should the nurse interpret the clients behaviors? 2. At what point should the nurse determine that a client is at risk for developing a mental illness? 3. A nurse is assessing a set of 15-year-old identical twins who respond very differently to stress. One twin becomes anxious and irritable, and the other withdraws and cries. How should the nurse explain these different stress responses to the parents? 4. Which client should the nurse anticipate to be most receptive to psychiatric treatment? 1. A psychiatric nurse intern states, This clients use of defense mechanisms should be eliminated. Which is a correct evaluation of this nurses statement? 6. During an intake assessment, a nurse asks both physiological and psychosocial questions. The client angrily responds, Im here for my heart, not my head problems. Which is the nurses best response? 7. An employee uses the defense mechanism of displacement when the boss openly disagrees with suggestions. What behavior would be expected from this employee? 8. A fourth-grade boy teases and makes jokes about a cute girl in his class. This behavior should be identified by a nurse as indicative of which defense mechanism? 9. Which nursing statement about the concept of neurosis is most accurate? [Show More]

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