Discussion Topics, Mohr
Chapter 10, The Interview and Assessment Process
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1. You have been asked to conduct an interview for a psychiatric–mental health client. What part of conducting an interview to obtain psychosocial data on a client is most difficult for you? What part of conducting an interview to obtain psychosocial data on a client is relatively easy for you? What are your strengths as an interviewer and what skills do you need to develop? |
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2. You are working at a psychiatric–mental health facility that uses the PERSONS acronym for collecting data in the initial patient assessment. Choose one of the letters of this acronym and explain the data that would be collected under that letter. For your chosen area, list five questions that you would ask to elicit information from a psychiatric–mental health client. |
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3. The nurse is caring for a 39-year-old American Indian psychiatric mental health client. What is the importance of assessing cultural needs in a psychiatric–mental health client? What is the importance of assessing spiritual needs in a psychiatric–mental health client? |
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4. Your nursing instructor lectured on standardized tools in class today. You took good notes and you are attempting to explain these tools for a fellow nursing student who was sick and missed class. What are some of the standardized tools your instructor discussed? Which healthcare professional would use the tools discussed? What are the tools used for? Why do healthcare professionals use standardized tools? |
1, The interviewer must ask accurate and related questions to the client..closed ended questions help Patient to share their feelings than open ended questions..The interview should know the psychological factors that provide the information when collecting their history.. cultural variation may be different in communicating and seek help from an interviewer..so interviewer must ask alternate questions for less responsive client..
Comprehensive assessment with closed ended questions make Patients data easier.. interviewer should use proper language when interviewing patient as per their age, education,social class and ethnicity..
Structured interview will be closed questions make easy to test reliability..During interview interviewer should not add any new questions.. structured interview provide quantitative data..
Unstructured interview is a informal interview..it contains open ended questions and it is more flexible reflects the client understanding on situation..it has increased in validity and provide more understanding and classification for interviewers..it is a time consuming,expensive data collection..Interviewer skills must be needed with ability to provide rapport and knowing when it should be done..
2, PERSON Acronym
Public Education Regarding Sexual Orientation Nationally.
Acronym is an abbreviation that forms a word..
ADD is a Attention Deficit Disorder
It is usually explain as short attention span.. Accurate Assessment needed to evaluate and collect the information..ask questions regarding this condition to get more information
1, when onwards patient suffering with this symptoms?
2, is that any barriers at work?
3, explain about your past history?
4, what is your cultural and spiritual beliefs?
5, is anybody else in your family or friends sufferingwith this problem?
3, The cultural formation Interview needed to address the issues..Allow the patient to tell about their history and encourage to share their cultural identity..make rapport and listen respectfully..Be careful to interpret when Patient asking questions..improve cultural competency, identify the barriers..respect their cultural values,beliefs and practice..
American Indian unique in cultural and spiritual beliefs..Develop spiritual competency is important..They belief wellness coming when people maintain their physical,mental and spiritual needs..They have more spiritual power..
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