Exam 37: Geropsychiatric Nursing

An older adult patient recently moved to a retirement community.Which behavior would prompt the nurse to suspect the patient is experiencing relocation stress syndrome?

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Question 21

A 68-year-old being treated for depression has a history of a suicide attempt at age 26.When the patient reports feelings of uselessness related to selling the family business and retiring,the nurse should initially:

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Question 22

A person who is the primary caregiver for a mother with Alzheimer disease says,"Sometimes I hate my mother for living this long and Dad for dying and not caring for her." Which response is most therapeutic?

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Question 23

Which intervention by the nurse would be best when trying to create a therapeutic milieu for a group of older adult patients?

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Exam 37: Geropsychiatric Nursing

An older adult patient recently moved to a retirement community.Which behavior would prompt the nurse to suspect the patient is experiencing relocation stress syndrome?

A 68-year-old being treated for depression has a history of a suicide attempt at age 26.When the patient reports feelings of uselessness related to selling the family business and retiring,the nurse should initially:

A person who is the primary caregiver for a mother with Alzheimer disease says,"Sometimes I hate my mother for living this long and Dad for dying and not caring for her." Which response is most therapeutic?

Which intervention by the nurse would be best when trying to create a therapeutic milieu for a group of older adult patients?

Roles and Functions of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurses: Competent Caring

Therapeutic Nurse-Patient Relationship

The Stuart Stress Adaptation Model of Psychiatric Nursing Care

Evidence-Based Psychiatric Nursing Practice

Biological Context of Psychiatric Nursing Care

Psychological Context of Psychiatric Nursing Care

Social, Cultural, and Spiritual Context of Psychiatric Nursing Care

Legal and Ethical Context of Psychiatric Nursing Care

Policy and Advocacy in Mental Health Care

Families as Resources, Caregivers, and Collaborators

Implementing the Nursing Process: Standards of Practice and Professional Performance

Prevention and Mental Health Promotion

Crisis Intervention

Recovery and Psychiatric Rehabilitation

Anxiety Responses and Anxiety Disorders

Psychophysiological Responses and Somatoform and Sleep Disorders

Self-Concept Responses and Dissociative Disorders

Emotional Responses and Mood Disorders

Self-Protective Responses and Suicidal Behavior

Neurobiological Responses and Schizophrenia and Psychotic Disorders

Social Responses and Personality Disorders

Cognitive Responses and Organic Mental Disorders

Chemically Mediated Responses and Substance-Related Disorders

Eating Regulation Responses and Eating Disorders

Sexual Responses and Sexual Disorders

Psychopharmacology

Behavior Change and Cognitive Interventions

Preventing and Managing Aggressive Behavior

Somatic Therapies

Complementary and Alternative Therapies

Therapeutic Groups

Family Interventions

Hospital-Based Psychiatric Nursing Care

Community-Based Psychiatric Nursing Care

Child Psychiatric Nursing

Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing

Care of Survivors of Abuse and Violence

The Military and Their Families

Psychological Care of Patients with Life-Threatening Illness

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