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NUR 180 - Exam 1 Questions with Complete Solutions 2023, Exams of Nursing

A list of questions and answers related to mental health, nursing care, and patient safety. It covers topics such as stress, coping, cognition, levels of care, principles, and communication techniques. It also includes information on elder abuse, bullying, and PTSD. likely to be useful for nursing students studying mental health and patient care.

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2023/2024

Available from 09/16/2023

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What are the interrelated concepts of Mental Health? - Correct answer Stress, coping cognition What is the priority care for people with mental health problems - Correct answer make sure we are providing the LEAST restrictive amount of care FIRST What are the different levels of care? - Correct answer inpatient psychiatric care, crisis stabilization what is a principle? - Correct answer a code or standard that helps govern our conduct what should the lpn be aware of to protect the safety of themselves and other staff - Correct answer incr anxiety, frustration agitation what type of patients would be seen for in-patient treatment? - Correct answer Patients that are in acute condition (patients experiencing hallucinations) What is the FIRST priority in a crisis intervention? - Correct answer Emotional Support What can you do if you need 10 min alone with your client? - Correct answer Delegate so you have uninterrupted time, provide privacy, and ask about the patients daily routines What is failure to probe? - Correct answer Failure to investigate during an interview or conversation Define clarification? - Correct answer Attempting to put into words vague ideas or unexplained clear thoughts of client... "can you tell me again" Reflection - Correct answer Directing back clients ideas, feelings, questions and content (ex: so youre feeling anxious about a conversation you had with your husband, right?) Sharing Perceptions - Correct answer Asking a client to verify caregivers understanding of clients message ("your smiling but I sense you are really very angry with me?" sommolent - Correct answer wakens with strong stimuli; falls asleep if left undisturbed Communication technique for someone with Alzheimer's diease - Correct answer Ask only one question at a time. More than one question will increase confusion

Examples of ineffective coping skills... - Correct answer alcohol/substance abuse, violence, isolation Factors that affect coping - Correct answer Family dynamics, culture, stress, addiction, cognition different types of stress - Correct answer behavioral, physiological, emotional Physical stress response INCREASES: - Correct answer HR,Sweating,BP, Pupil constriction, blood glucose, bronchodilation, Physiological stress response DECREASES: - Correct answer insulin uptake, skeletal muscle peristalsis primary prevention - Correct answer to prevent or decrease probability of occurence of an injury, physical or mental illness or health threatening situation Secondary prevention - Correct answer screening and detection, allowing for prompt interventions tertiary prevention - Correct answer returning the patient to optimal health, managing, restoration and rehabilitation Signs of Elder abuse - Correct answer unexplained bruises or injuries, burns in unsusual places, STD's, poor personal hygiene, malnurished what do we as nurses need to look out for in a bullied patient? - Correct answer Anxiety level, poor self esteem, and risk for suicide Suicide survivors express what type of feelings? - Correct answer Feelings of guilt, anger, and shame, flashbacks, nightmares and hypervigilance What interventions can we implement in someone with PTSD - Correct answer increased coping skills Causes of aggression that lead to violence? - Correct answer poverty, unemployment, drug abuse, poor support system If a patient is refusing to take their medications because they make them feel funny what can you do? - Correct answer give unit doses so patient may open each dose themselves

If a patient is refusing to eat the food provided becase she believes you are trying to poison her what can you do - Correct answer use food in cans and let the patient see others eating the same foods without difficulty what is cognitive behavioral therapy? - Correct answer helps clients intellectually understand the ineffective behaviors used to cope with anxiety and replace them with more successful behaviors What is parasuicidal behavior? - Correct answer unsuccessful attempts with a low likelyhood of success