Psychiatric Nursing Test - 20

1. A relationship that occurs between two individuals who have an emotional commitment to each other is-
2. Empathy means-
3. For a nurse to be able to develop effective communication skills she should-
4. The following is a task of the initial phase in nurse-patient relationship-
5. The following are elements of communication except-
6. The nurse should pay close attention to the patient's nonverbal communication because-
7. Which of the following is a goal of therapeutic communication-
8. What is the meaning of restating-
9. In which of the following phases of therapeutic nurse-patient relationship, patient problems are noted and coping skills are identified?
10. Unconscious transfer of qualities originally associated with another individual by the patient is called-
11. Unconscious transfer of inappropriate attributes originally associated with another individual by the nurse is called-
12. 1. What is a receptor-
13. What is a synapse?
14. Haloperidol is a/an-
15. After three days of taking haloperidol, the patient shows restlessness, becomes fidgety and is unable to sit still. Which of the following extrapyramidal symptoms is the patient experiencing-
16. A patient is on clozapine drug for the past 2 weeks. He reports fever, sore throat and general weakness. Which of the following nursing intervention is most appropriate?
17. Which of the following is a major side effect of typical antipsychotics-
18. Therapeutic levels of lithium, are-
19. One of the side effects of an antipsychotic drug is abnormal, irregular choreo-athetoid movements of the muscles of the mouth, it is termed as-
20. Which of the following is the nurse's correct interpretation, when the patient has serum lithium level 2.0 mEq/L-