Exam 11: Implementing the Nursing Process: Standards of Practice and Professional Performance

A new psychiatric staff nurse is asked to be a member of the Quality Improvement (QI) Committee.The nurse should be motivated to agree to do this because:

A nurse interviewed a reluctant patient who answered questions with minimal responses and rarely made eye contact.When documenting baseline data collected in the interview,the nurse should include:

A nurse teaching a patient about the effects and side effects of the prescribed medication bases the plan on the knowledge that learning is more effective when:

As a nurse formulates expected outcomes for a patient who will be taking an antidepressant medication,consideration should be given to which psychosocial domain? (Select all that apply.)

When the cost of a patient's prescribed medication is discussed,the interdisciplinary team is engaging in patient-focused: (Select all that apply.)

According to the nursing standard related to research,a novice psychiatric-mental health nurse with an associate's degree can be expected to:

Which goal should be given the highest priority?

Nursing behaviors associated with the implementation phase of the nursing process are concerned with:

Which action best demonstrates a nurse displaying accountability?

A nurse who is new to the mental health setting is having difficulty writing meaningful outcome criteria.The nurse's mentor should suggest which source to best assist the nurse?

A nurse clinician is attempting to explain the evaluation phase of the nursing process to a student.Which statement would help the student grasp the essentials?

A new staff nurse has set a personal goal of gaining greater autonomy over practice.The component of autonomy that the nurse will need to focus on is: (Select all that apply.)

Nursing interventions that have the greatest validity are those that:

To obtain the clearest clinical information about a patient,a nurse who used several secondary sources,including the patient's spouse and the report of the admitting psychiatrist,will seek validation from:

While gathering a baseline history about a patient,a nurse is told by a team social worker that the patient "acts weird and has bad hygiene." The nurse's responsibility is to:

The goal of the nursing care plan is to answer which question regarding the achievement of patient wellness? (Select all that apply.)

A nurse is working with a patient with depression.To best help the patient translate insight into action,a major nursing challenge will be to:

A psychiatric nurse clinician is heard calling nurse educators "the experts" and frequently refers to nurse administrators and researchers as "those who know it all." This nurse can be assessed as having a problem with:

Which is a well-written short-term goal for a socially withdrawn patient who tells a nurse of a wish to reduce social isolation? By day 2,the patient will:

If physicians wish to understand the nursing equivalent of the medical DSM-IV-TR,they should seek an understanding of the: