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Psychiatric Sample Questions

1. The nurse assigned for the client with difficulty in thought process. The patient said I am ok, why I am here? How would the practical nurse communicate with the patient?
A. Open – ended question and silence. B. Focusing on self-disclosure regarding food preferences. C. Asking questions and analyzes the reason. D. Give suggestion and ideas.
Answer Ans: A Open – ended questions and silence are strategies to communicate. This used to encourage clients to discuss their problem. Options 3 and 4 would not encourage the client to communicate. Saunders: 895.

2. A nurse is caring the client who psychiatric illness and patient said “let me go out of the hospital I don’t have any problem. The nurse should interpret this behavior is
A. Denial. B. Projection. C. Regression. D. Compensation.
Answer Ans: A Denial is refusal to admit any condition and reality as if it doesn’t exist. In projection, a person unconsciously rejects the reality. In regression, the client returns to an earlier more comforting, although less mature way of behaving. Saunders: 897.

3. A nurse is caring a psychiatric client and she is preparing the client for termination phase of the nurse–client relationship. Which method the nurse should initiate.
A. Plan long term goals. B. Plan short term goals. C. Help in making appropriate referrals. D. Explain about how to handle each situation.
Answer Ans: C This method helps the nurse to evaluate client performance, evaluating achievements of client expected findings. Saunders: 894, 899.