Question

Chapter 10, The Interview and Assessment Process

You have been asked to conduct an interview for a psychiatric–mental health client.

a} What part of conducting an interview to obtain psychosocial data on a client is most difficult for you?`

b} What part of conducting an interview to obtain psychosocial data on a client is relatively easy for you?

c} What are your strengths as an interviewer and what skills do you need to develop?

You are working at a psychiatric–mental health facility that uses the PERSONS acronym for collecting data in the initial patient assessment.

d} Choose one of the letters of this acronym and explain the data that would be collected under that letter.

e} For your chosen area, list five questions that you would ask to elicit information from a psychiatric–mental health client.

The nurse is caring for a 39-year-old American Indian psychiatric mental health client.

f} What is the importance of assessing cultural needs in a psychiatric–mental health client?

g} What is the importance of assessing spiritual needs in a psychiatric–mental health client?

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.

i} What are some of the standardized tools your instructor discussed? Which healthcare professional would use the tools discussed? What are the tools used for?

j} Why do healthcare professionals use standardized tools?

Answer 1

1) a)The interviewer must ask accurate and related questions to the client. Closed ended questions help the patient to share their feelings than the open ended questions.
The interview should know the psychological factors that provide the information in their collecting the history cultural variation may be different in communicating and seek help from an interviewer. The interviewer must ask the alternative questions for the less responsive client .

b) comprehensive assessment with the closed ended questions makes the patient data easier . Interview should use the proper language when interviewing the client as per their age ,education, social class and ethnicity.

C) structured interview will be closed ended questions may be easy and reliability. During the interview the interviewer should not add any new questions. The structured interview provided the quantitative data.
Unstructured interview it is an formal interview and it contains open ended questions it is more flexible and reflexes the understanding and classification of the interviewer . it is a time consuming and expensive data collection. Interview skills must needed with ability to provide a rapport and knowing when it should be done.

d) PERSON Acronym,

An acronym is a word or name formed from the initial components of a longer name or phrase,
ADD is attention deficit disorder
It usually defines a short attention span. Accurate assessment should be needed to evaluate and collect the information.

e) 1)when onwards the patient is suffering with the symptoms?
   2) is that any barrier at work?
   3) explain about your past history?
   4) what is your cultural and spiritual beliefs?
    5) is anybody else in your family and friends suffering with this problem ?

f) the cultural formation is needed to address the issues allow the patient to tell about their history and encourage to share their cultural identity, make a rapport and listen respectfully. Be careful to when the patient is asking questions, improve the cultural identity, cultural competency, identify the barriers and respect their cultural beliefs and practices.

g) American Indian unique and culture and spiritual beliefs, developing and cultural spiritual competency is important they belief wellness comes when people are maintain their physical mental emotional and spiritual needs