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urbanoutfitters · **on:** Jul 19, 2018

A nurse is teaching a nursing student about the differences between psychiatric-mental health nursing diagnosis taxonomy and the psychiatric diagnosis taxonomy

that is contained in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th edition, text revision (DSM-IV-TR). What is the nurse's primary role in the process of psychiatric diagnosis?
A) Collaborating with the psychiatrist to identify appropriate psychiatric diagnoses
B) Compensating for the medical focus of the DSM-IV-TR with an increased emphasis on nursing diagnoses
C) Documenting and communicating assessment data that are appropriate to particular psychiatric diagnoses
D) Determining whether individual clients prefer a medical focus or a nursing focus for their care

Question 2

As part of a comprehensive assessment of a newly admitted client, the nurse is performing an examination to determine whether a client is experiencing abnormalities in thinking and reasoning ability, feelings, or behavior.

What type of examination is this nurse conducting?
A) Mental status examination
B) Psychosocial examination
C) Psychoses examination
D) Health examination

shewald78 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 19, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Ans: C
Feedback:
Nurses assist with psychiatric diagnosis by sharing important information about clients gathered during the nursing history, MSE, and daily observations. Thus, a nurse's working knowledge of the DSM-IV-TR maximizes efforts by interdisciplinary teams to help clients. Nurses do not normally contribute directly to the determination of a specific psychiatric diagnosis. Nursing taxonomy and psychiatric taxonomy are complementary, not mutually exclusive.

Answer to Question 2

Ans: A
Feedback:
The mental status examination (MSE) helps identify whether clients are experiencing abnormalities in thinking and reasoning, feelings, or behavior. It is part of the tool kit for gathering objective and observational data.