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Adult Behavioral Health Nursing Questions
Question 1 of 5
Which statements by patients diagnosed with a serious mental illness best demonstrate that the case manager has established an effective long-term relationship? My case manager: (Select one that does not apply.)
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Each correct answer is an example of appropriate nursing foci: communicating at a level understandable to the patient, providing medication supervision, and using holistic principles to guide care. The distracters violate relationship boundaries or suggest a laissez faire attitude on the part of the nurse.
Question 2 of 5
A psychoeducational session will discuss medication management for a culturally diverse group of patients Group participants are predominantly members of minority cultures. Of the four staff nurses below,which nurse should lead this group?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.
Question 3 of 5
The nurse understands that empathy is essential to the therapeutic relationship. When a patient makes the statement, 'I am just devastated that my marriage is falling apart,' the nurse can best show empathy through which of the following responses?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Therapeutic communication techniques, such as reflection, restatement, and clarification, help the nurse to send empathetic messages to the client. The nurse must understand the difference between empathy and sympathy (feelings of concern or compassion one shows for another). Sympathy often shifts the emphasis to the nurse's feelings, hindering the nurse's ability to view the client's needs objectively.
Question 4 of 5
The client says to the nurse, 'I feel really close to you. You are the only true friend I have.' The most therapeutic response the nurse can make is,
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.
Question 5 of 5
One of the primary differences between social and therapeutic relationships is the
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: The nurse has the responsibility for the therapeutic relationship. The therapeutic relationship focuses on the needs, experiences, feelings, and ideas of the client only. A social relationship is primarily initiated for the purpose of friendship, socialization, companionship, or accomplishment of a task.