PSYCHI

ATRI
CNURSI
NG

 
A.Conf rontthedel usi
onalmateri
aldir
ectl
y
1.Anursenot i
cesthataclienti
smi st
rust
ful bytelli
ngGi othatthissimplyi
snotso.
andshowshost il
ebehav i
or.Whichofthe  
B.Tel lGiothatthismustseem fri
ghtening
fol
lowi
ngt ypesofpersonali
tydi
sorderis tohim butt hatyoubelieveheissafehere.
associ
atedwi t
hthesecharacter
isti
cs?  
C.Tel lGiotowai tandt al
kaboutthese
A)Anti
social beli
efsinhi sone-on-onecounsel
ing
B)Avoidant sessions.
C)Borderl
ine D.IsolateGiowhenhebegi nstotalkabout
D)Paranoid thesebel i
efs.

2.Whichfactorisassoci
atedwi
thi
ncr
eased
ri
skforschizophreni
a? 5.Whichstatementi
scor
rectabouta25-
A)Al
cohol i
sm year
-ol
dclientwit
hnewl
ydiagnosed
B)Adolescentpregnancy schi
zophrenia?
C)Overcrowdedschools
D)Poverty A.Ageofonsetistypicalforschizophreni
a.
B.Ageofonsetislaterthanusual for
3.Jaimehasadi agnosisofschizophreni
a schi
zophr
enia.
withnegativesympt oms.Inplanningcare C.Ageofonsetisear l
iert
hanusual f
or
forthecli
ent,NurseBr i
ennewoul d schi
zophr
enia.
anti
cipateaproblem with: D.Ageofonsetfoll
owsnopr edictabl
e
A)Auditoryhall
ucinati
ons patt
erni
nschizophrenia.
B)Bizarrebehaviors
C)Ideasofr ef
erence
D)Mot iv
ationforactiv
iti
es 6.NurseAr yaassessesforevi
denceof
posit
ivesympt omsofschizophreni
aina
newlyadmi tt
edclient
.Whichofthe
4.GiotoldhisnursethattheFBIis fol
lowingsy mptomsar econsi
deredposi
ti
ve
monitori
ngandr ecordinghisevery evi
dence?  
Selectallt
hatappl
y.
movementandt hatmi cr
ophoneshavebeen  
A.Anhedoni a
pl
acedi ntheunitwalls.Whichacti
onwould  
B.Delusions
bethe most t
herapeuticresponse?  
C.Flataffect
 
D.Hal l
ucinati
ons
 
E.Looseassoci
ati
ons
 
F.Soci
alwit
hdrawal
10.Whencar i
ngforacl
ientwit
hadiagnosi
s
ofschizot
ypalper
sonal
i
tydisor
der
,the
7.A20- yearol dcoll
egest udenthasbeen nurseshould:
broughttot hepsy chiatr
ichospitalbyher
parents.Heradmi t
tingdiagnosisis A)Setlimitsonmani pul
ati
vebehavi
or
borderli
neper sonalitydi
sor der
.When B)Encour agepart
ici
pati
oningrouptherapy
tal
kingwi ththepar ents,whichinformat
ion C)Respectt hecl
ient
’sneedsforsocial
wouldt henur seexpectt obei ncl
udedinthe i
solati
on
cli
ent’
shi stor
y ?Selectallthatapply. D)Under standt
hatseducti
vebehaviori
s
expected.
A)Impulsiv
eness
B)Labi
li
tyofmood 11.Whi choft hefol
lowingtypesofbehavi
or
C)Rit
ualist
icbehavi
or i
sexpect edf rom acli
entdiagnosedwit
ha
D)Psychomot orret
ardat
ion paranoidper sonal
it
ydisorder?
E)sel
f-
dest r
ucti
vebehavior A)Eccent ri
c
B)exploitat
ive
C)Hy persensiti
ve
8.Apersonwithant i
socialpersonali
ty D)Seduct iv
e
di
sorderhasdiffi
cult
yr el
atingtoothers
becauseofnev erhavi
ngl earnedto: Answerkey:
A)Countonot hers 1.D 2.D 3.D 4.B 5.A 6.B,
D,E,
 7.A,
B,E
B)Empathizewi t
hother s 8.B 9.C 10.B 11.C
C)Bedependentonot hers
D)Communi catewi t
hot herssocial
ly

9)Ay oung,handsomemanwi t
hadi agnosis
ofantisoci
al per
sonali
tydi
sorderisbeing
dischargedfrom thehospi
talnextweek.He
askst henurseforherphonenumberso
thathecancal lherforadate.Thenurse’s
bestresponsewoul dbe:

A)“Wear enotper mitt

edt odatecli
ents.
”
B)“No,youar eaclientandIam anur se.”
C)“Il
ikeyou, butourrelat
ionshi
pis
prof
essional.
”
D)“It
’sagainstmypr ofessional
ethi
cst o
datecli
ents.”