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Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing 8th Edition
Chapter 11 Questions
Question 1 of 5
A nurse is working with a client who has frequent angry outbursts. Which of the following statements is most helpful when working with this client?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Validating anger as a normal emotion and encouraging its constructive use promotes problem-solving, unlike suppressing feelings, catharsis, or reducing assertiveness, which can worsen outcomes.
Question 2 of 5
Which of the following statements about anger, hostility and aggression are accurate?
Correct Answer: A,C,E
Rationale: Anger is an emotional response to provocation, physical aggression involves harm to people or property, and hostility is verbal aggression, but only anger is a normal emotion, and hostility may precede, not follow, aggression.
Question 3 of 5
A married man expresses to the nurse that his wife's frequent nagging angers him. The nurse role-plays assertive communication techniques with the husband. Which of the following indicates the husband understands how to use assertive techniques effectively?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Assertive communication uses 'I' statements to express specific feelings, like feeling unappreciated, fostering productive dialogue, unlike vague wishes or defensive questions.
Question 4 of 5
Which one of the following statements about anger is most accurate?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Anger awareness and expression are essential for women's growth, as they are often socialized to suppress it, unlike men; anger is normal, not always negative, and catharsis can escalate it.
Question 5 of 5
At which point in the stages of aggressive incidents is intervention least likely to be effective in preventing physically aggressive behavior?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: During the crisis phase, the client's loss of control makes intervention least effective for preventing physical aggression, unlike earlier triggering or escalation phases.