The psychiatric nurse’s reply

    The student nurse is accompanying the psychiatric nurse in a nursing assessment of a newly admitted client. The psychiatric nurse tells the student nurse that the client is profoundly depressed and has refused to bathe or eat for the past one week. The psychiatric nurse stressed that all clients admitted to a hospital for psychiatric treatment will have a diagnosis from the DSM stated on the chart by the psychiatrist. The nurse explains that the nursing diagnosis will consider past and present responses to actual mental health problems and provide a conceptual framework for identifying interventions for the abnormality the client is experiencing. (Learning Objective: 2) a. What would the psychiatric nurse’s reply be if the student nurse asked him or her what type of client information the DSM is associated with? b. How does the DSM diagnosis affect client care? c. What information do the DSM criteria impart to the multidisciplinary team members?