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Text ModeText Mode – Text version of the exam 1. Situation: Knowledge and skills in the care of violent clients is vital in the psychiatric unit. A nurse observes that a client with a potential for violence is agitated, pacing up and down the hallway and making aggressive remarks. Which of the following statements is most appropriate to make to this patient?
2. The nurse closely observes the client who has been displaying aggressive behavior. The nurse observes that the client’s anger is escalating. Which approach is least helpful for the client at this time?
3. The charge nurse of a psychiatric unit is planning the client assignment for the day. The most appropriate staff to be assigned to a client with a potential for violence is which of the following:
4. The nurse exemplifies awareness of the rights of a client whose anger is escalating by:
5. The client jumps up and throws a chair out of the window. He was restrained after his behavior can no longer be controlled by the staff. Which of these documentations indicates the safeguarding of the patient’s rights?
6. Situation: Clients with personality disorders have difficulties in their social and occupational functions.
7. A client tends to be insensitive to others, engages in abusive behaviors and does not have a sense of remorse. Which personality disorder is he likely to have?
8. The client joins a support group and frequently preaches against abuse, is demonstrating the use of:
9. A teenage girl is diagnosed to have borderline personality disorder. Which manifestations support the diagnosis?
10. The plan of care for clients with borderline personality should include:
11. Situation: A 42 year old male client, is admitted in the ward because of bizarre behaviors. He is given a diagnosis of schizophrenia paranoid type. The client should have achieved the developmental task of:
12. Clients who are suspicious primarily use projection for which purpose:
13. The client says “ the NBI is out to get me.” The nurse’s best response is:
14. The client on Haldol has pill rolling tremors and muscle rigidity. He is likely manifesting:
15. The client is very hostile toward one of the staff for no apparent reason. The client is manifesting:
16. Situation: An 18 year old female was sexually attacked while on her way home from work. She is brought to the hospital by her mother. Rape is an example of which type of crisis:
17. During the initial care of rape victims the following are to be considered EXCEPT:
18. The nurse acts as a patient advocate when she does one of the following:
19. Crisis intervention carried out to the client has this primary goal:
20. Five months after the incident the client complains of difficulty to concentrate, poor appetite, inability to sleep and guilt. She is likely suffering from:
21. Situation: A 29 year old client newly diagnosed with breast cancer is pacing, with rapid speech headache and inability to focus with what the doctor was saying. The nurse assesses the level of anxiety as:
22. Anxiety is caused by:
23. It would be most helpful for the nurse to deal with a client with severe anxiety by:
24. Which of the following medications will likely be ordered for the client?”
25. Which of the following is included in the health teachings among clients receiving Valium?:
What is Personality Disorder?A personality disorder is a way of thinking, feeling and behaving that deviates from the expectations of the culture, causes distress or problems functioning, and lasts over time.
Which of the following characteristics are most evident in cluster A personality disorders?Cluster A – Eccentric, Odd
People with these disorders exhibit behavior that others perceive as strange or erratic. These unusual behaviors lead to social difficulties.
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