HESI RN · HESI Mental Health · Assessing Health Behavior Nursing

Which statement made by a patient during an initial assessment interview should serve as the priority focus for the plan of care?

Which principle takes priority for the psychiatric inpatient staff when addressing behavioral crises?

An 11-year-old stays home from school to care for siblings while the parents work. When asked about the parents, the child reluctantly says, 'My parents don’t like me. They call me stupid and say I never do anything right.' The level of prevention for work with this family will be:

A nurse documents: 'Patient is mute despite repeated efforts to elicit speech. Makes no eye contact. Inattentive to staff. Gazes off to the side or looks upward rather than at speaker.' Which nursing diagnosis should be considered?

Which of the following phases of Selye's General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS) reflects a nurse's ability to successfully perform duties during a prolonged period of stress lasting weeks to months without any indication of observable impairment?