Exam 3: Overview of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing Care Within Various Settings

A nurse surveys medical records. Which finding signals a violation of patients' rights?

Which statements by patients diagnosed with a serious mental illness best demonstrate that the case manager has established an effective long-term relationship?

A Category V tornado hits a community, destroying many homes and businesses. Which nursing intervention would best demonstrate compassion and caring?

A nurse can best address factors of critical importance to successful community treatment by including making assessments relative to which of the following:

A psychiatrist prescribed depot injections every 3 weeks at the clinic for a patient with a history of medication noncompliance. For this plan to be successful, which factor will be of critical importance?

The nurse assigned to assertive community treatment (ACT) should explain the program's treatment goal as which of the following?

A suspicious, socially isolated patient lives alone, eats one meal a day at a local shelter, and spends the remaining daily food allowance on cigarettes. Select a community psychiatric nurse's best initial action.

Select the response that is an example of primary prevention.

Clinical pathways are used by the multidisciplinary team, in managed care settings, to do which of the following?

A patient with which of the following diagnoses would be most appropriate to refer for assertive community treatment (ACT)?

A nurse makes an initial visit to a homebound patient diagnosed with a serious mental illness. A family member offers the nurse a cup of coffee. Select the nurse's best response.

The health care team at an inpatient psychiatric facility drafts these criteria for admission. Which criteria should be included in the final version of the admission policy?

A psychiatric nurse discusses rules of the therapeutic milieu and patients' rights with a newly admitted patient. Which rights should be included?

Select the response that is an example of tertiary prevention.

A nurse performed these actions while caring for patients in an inpatient psychiatric setting. Which action violated patients' rights?

A nurse receives the following three phone calls regarding a community patient. .The psychiatrist wants to complete a follow-up assessment. .An internist wants to schedule a physical examination. .The patient's attorney wants an appointment with the patient. The nurse schedules the activities for the patient. Which role has the nurse fulfilled?

The patients below were evaluated in the emergency department. The psychiatric unit has one bed available. Which patient should be admitted?

The case manager plans to discuss the treatment plan with a patient's family. Select the case manager's first action.

Which statements most clearly reflect the stigma of mental illness?

Which level of prevention activities would a nurse in an emergency department employ most often?