What is the percentage of homeless individuals who have serious mental health illnesses?
A) Less than 10%
B) 20% to 25%
C) 45% to 50%
D) 50% to 60%
B
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The preoperative phase encompasses which period of time?
a. Entry to the operating suite until admission to postanesthesia care b. Entry into the operating suite until discharge from the hospital c. The decision to have surgery until admission to postanesthesia care d. The decision to have surgery until entry to the operating suite
A client and the nurse providing care for the client are discussing the plan of care. The client has a strong objection to portions of the plan of care. The nurse recognizes that there is an interpersonal conflict and should:
1. Tell the client that the care was ordered by the physician. 2. Enlist the help of the family to convince the client. 3. Discuss the objections and offer solutions and alternatives. 4. Tell the physician that the client is noncompliant.
A nurse tells the unit supervisor, "I'm having a difficult time empathizing with my patient especially since he is so unwilling to change. Talking with him makes me feel both frustrated and depressed."
The supervisor may suspect that the cause of the barrier in this nurse-client relation is the: a. existence of countertransference on the part of the nurse. b. patient's demonstration of resistance to the prescribed plan of care. c. violation of a therapeutic boundary by either the nurse or the patient. d. nurse's ineffective use of therapeutic verbal communication techniques.
A psychiatric nurse reviewing the DSM-IV-TR would recognize that which of the following is considered a con for use of this system?
a. Diagnoses are standardized and bias is removed. b. Human experience is reduced to a diagnostic label c. Practitioners are held accountable for language used. d. Observable behaviors are identified as necessary to make a diagnosis.