Study Questions

Chapter 9

1. What is psychosis?

2. What is impulsivity?

3. What is a hallucination?

4. What is a command hallucination?

5. Name six interventions for working with the client who is hallucinating.

6. What five strategies can you teach the client who experiences hallucinations?

7. What are delusions?

8. Name six interventions for working with the client who is delusional.

9. What is self-mutilation?

10. Name six interventions for working with the client who self-mutilates.

11. Name three strategies for working with an aggressive client.

12. Name seven strategies the nurse might teach the client who is aggressive.

13. Name three medications useful in the treatment of patients with aggressive behavior.

14. What is critical incident review?

15. Give an example of talking down?