DSM V, ICD-10 and MSE/MMSE

Question 1

Managed care is designed to
a. control health care costs by limiting access to care.
b. keep health care costs from increasing over time.
c. limit the amount of money paid to physicians and hospitals.
d. maintain a balance between the quality and costs of health care.

Answer 1

d. maintain a balance between the quality and costs of health care.

Question 2

Hildegard Peplau is best known for her writing about
a. community-based care.
b. humane treatment.
c. psychopharmacology.
d. therapeutic nurse–client relationship.

Answer 2

d. therapeutic nurse–client relationship.

Question 3

Mental health parity laws ensure
a. better quality mental health treatment.
b. equality in insurance coverage for mental illness.
c. mental health treatment without stigma.
d. that persons receiving treatment really need it.

Answer 3

b. equality in insurance coverage for mental illness.
parity=equallity

Question 4

Which is an example of an open-ended question?
a. Who is the current president of the United States?
b. What concerns you most about your health?
c. What is your address?
d. Have you lost any weight recently?

Answer 4

b. What concerns you most about your health?

Question 5

Which is an example of a closed-ended question?
a. How have you been feeling lately?
b. How is your relationship with your wife?
c. Have you had any health problems recently?
d. Where are you employed?

Answer 5

d. Where are you employed?

Question 6

Assessment data about the client’s speech patterns are categorized in
which of the following areas?
a. History
b. General appearance and motor behavior
c. Sensorium and intellectual processes
d. Self-concept

Answer 6

b. General appearance and motor behavior

Question 7

When the nurse is assessing whether the client’s ideas are logical and
make sense, the nurse is examining which of the following areas?
a. Thought content
b. Thought process
c. Memory
d. Sensorium

Answer 7

b. Thought process

Question 8

The client’s belief that a news broadcast has special meaning for him
or her is an example of
a. abstract thinking.
b. flight of ideas.
c. ideas of reference.
d. thought broadcasting.

Answer 8

c. ideas of reference.

Question 9

The client who believes everyone is out to get him or her is
experiencing a(n)
a. delusion.
b. hallucination.
c. idea of reference.
d. loose association.

Answer 9

a. delusion.

Question 10

To assess the client’s ability to concentrate, the nurse would instruct
the client to do which?
a. Explain what “a rolling stone gathers no moss” means.
b. Name the last three presidents.
c. Repeat the days of the week backward.
d. Talk about what a typical day is like.

Answer 10

c. Repeat the days of the week backward.

Question 11

The client tells the nurse “I never do anything right. I make a mess of
everything. Ask anyone; they’ll tell you the same thing.” The nurse
recognizes these statements as examples of
a. emotional issues.
b. negative thinking.
c. poor problem-solving.
d. relationship difficulties.

Answer 11

b. negative thinking.

Question 12

Select all that apply
Assessment of sensorium and intellectual processes includes which?
a. Concentration
b. Emotional feelings
c. Memory
d. Judgment
e. Orientation
f. Thought process

Answer 12

a. Concentration
c. Memory
e. Orientation

Question 13

Select all that apply.
Assessment of suicidal risk includes which?
a. Intent to die
b. Judgment
c. Insight
d. Method
e. Plan
f. Reason

Answer 13

a. Intent to die
d. Method
e. Plan
f. Reason