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Question 1 of 5

After teaching a group of students about appraisal and the stress response, the instructor determines that additional teaching is needed when the students identify which of the following as part of the primary appraisal?

A. Relevance of the goal
B. Consistency of goal with values
C. Personal commitment
D. Outcome explanation

Expert Explanatory Rationale

Correct Answer: Outcome explanation

Question 2 of 5

The nurse helps a client practice various techniques of assertive communication by giving positive feedback for improvement of passive-aggressive interactions. This intervention would occur in which phase of the nurse-client relationship?

A. Pre-interaction phase.
B. Orientation (introductory) phase.
C. Working phase.
D. Termination phase.

Expert Explanatory Rationale

Correct Answer: Working phase.

Question 3 of 5

While engaging in a discussion with a group of teens about risk behaviors, one of the teens says, 'That will never happen to me.' The nurse interprets this as which of the following?

A. Invincibility fable
B. Formal operations
C. Egocentric thinking
D. Relational aggression

Expert Explanatory Rationale

Correct Answer: Invincibility fable

Question 4 of 5

Family members describe the patient as 'a difficult person who finds fault with others.' The patient verbally abuses nurses for their poor care. The most likely explanation lies in

A. poor childrearing that did not teach respect for others.
B. automatic thinking leading to cognitive distortions.
C. a personality style that externalizes problems.
D. delusions that others wish to deliver harm.

Expert Explanatory Rationale

Correct Answer: a personality style that externalizes problems.

Question 5 of 5

The nurse is interviewing a client admitted to an inpatient psychiatric unit with a diagnosis of depressive disorder. Which is the primary goal in the assessment phase of the nursing process for this client?

A. To build trust and rapport.
B. To identify goals and outcomes.
C. To collect and organize information.
D. To identify and validate the medical diagnosis.

Expert Explanatory Rationale

Correct Answer: To collect and organize information.

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