NLN PSYCH Questions and Answers 100% | Graded A
When a depressed patient is self-critical, a nurse has the impulse to reassure the patient. Which of these actions should the nurse take?
[Answer:- Envision how the nurs
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NLN PSYCH Questions and Answers 100% | Graded A
When a depressed patient is self-critical, a nurse has the impulse to reassure the patient. Which of these actions should the nurse take?
[Answer:- Envision how the nurse can help the patient live up to expectations.
When having an impulse to reassure the patient, a nurse needs to be sure not to act on those impulses and maintain a therapeutic relationship by envisioning how they can assist the patient in meeting expectations and decreasing self-critical language.
A male patient has attended assertiveness training. Which of these behaviors would indicate benefit from the training?
[Answer:- The patient asks the physician to modify the treatment plan.
Asking a physician to modify a treatment plan is the most relevant behavior change that would indicate benefit from assertiveness training. The other choices do not indicate specific benefits from assertiveness training.
When developing a nursing care plan with a patient who is threatening to commit suicide, a nurse needs to focus on the patient's
[Answer:- impulse control.
Impulsivity indicates whether the patient needs to be placed on one-to-one supervision in order to maintain safety. The other choices listed are not associated with a plan for suicide.
A nurse in a nursing home is assigned to care for a resident who is in the final stage of primary dementia of the Alzheimer type. The nurse should plan to
[Answer:- bathe the resident
Bathing the resident is the most appropriate intervention for a patient with an advanced stage of dementia. Option A is incorrect because the patient already has significant memory impairment. The other choices are not interventions for advanced dementia.
A patient who is in the hospital is extremely hyperactive. The patient enters the day room and grabs one patient after another, swinging each one around for a few dance steps, then releasing them and going on to the next. Which of these actions by a nurse is indicated?
[Answer:- Take the patient to a quieter room.
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