A psychiatricmental health nurse is applying the nursing process ...

[luvbio]

A psychiatricmental health nurse is applying the nursing process during interactions with a client who has bipolar disorder. The nursing process is best described as:
 
  A) A linear procedure for risk management
  B) A framework for critical thinking about nursing care
  C) An educational tool that enhances care and learning
  D) A framework for documenting the plan of care

Question 2

A group of psychiatricmental health nurses are participating in an exercise in which they are unpacking their thoughts and assumptions around the causes of clients' mental health problems.
 
  Which of the following factors would be categorized as a dispositional factor?
  A) A client grew up in a neighborhood that was among the most affluent in the region.
  B) A client experienced abuse at the hands of a trusted family friend when he was a child.
  C) A client has a personality that is usually characterized as gentle and fragile.
  D) A client has been frequently been bounced around from institution to institution.

[Ksh22]

Answer to Question 1

Ans: B
Feedback:
The methodology of the nursing process provides a framework for critical thinking that is central to nursing care (ANA, 2010). The nursing process directs the collection, analysis, and interpretation of data; decision making; goal setting; prioritization; selection of appropriate interventions; implementation; and evaluation of outcomes to determine if a plan has been effective. The nursing process goes beyond risk management, education, or documentation, though each of the activities is congruent with the nursing process.

Answer to Question 2

Ans: C
Feedback:
Dispositional factors are considered the elements within a person that account for or explain his or her actions or qualities. Situational factors involve the social phenomena or outside elements that influence a person's or a group's behavior. Treatment history, neighborhood, and incidents of abuse would be considered situational rather than dispositional factors.

[luvbio]

Excellent

[nanny]

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