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Week 9 study guide 1. When speaking with a talkative patient in a clinical interview, the PMHNP should: 2. Which of the following actions takes place during the termination phase of a therapeutic nurse/patient relationship? 3. Echoing is a skilled interviewing technique that involves: 4. The PMHNP observes a patient as flat and constricted. In the mental status exam, the nurse practitioner documents this as: 5. Which is the function of the psychiatric interview? 6. A PMHNP is conducting a mental status examination for a client with a suspected anxiety disorder. What aspect of the mental status examination is most indicative of anxiety disorder? 7. The first step of a clinical interview is: 8. During the first session with a patient to address treatment, the PMHNP discusses with the patient the risks and benefits of various alternatives of psychotropic medications, the treatment plan goals, and the alterations in the treatment plan. The nurse practitioner is nurturing the therapeutic alliance through: 9. A nurse practitioner is conducting a mental status exam on a patient with suspected depression. Which of the following findings is commonly associated with depression? 10. During an initial psychiatric interview, a patient makes frequent tangential references to certain issues, has peculiar speech mannerisms, and makes frequent "slips of the tongue". The nurse practitioner makes a note of these for exploration in future sessions. Which cognitive process is the patient's presentation that needs to be explored better to understand the patient's needs? 11. A new patient is referred to your office. Upon reviewing their chart, you note a history of confabulateon. What does this mean? 12. When a patient is experiencing an auditory hallucination, they may not interpret their experience as a hallucination. Which of the following steps should be taken first by the PMHNP to assess the presence of hallucinations? 13. Which of the following actions takes place during the termination phase of a therapeutic nurse/patient relationship? 14. The questions asked during a clinical interview should be: 15. The period when the PMHNP initiates therapeutic alliance is