1. Comprehensive and systematic assessment in mental health ___.

1. Is determined by the plan of interventions
2. Is completed upon first contact with a service user
3. Underpins clinical decision making and plans for interventions
4. Is using the same approach with all service users

2. The process of funnelling in assessment ___.

1. Helps to disregard unnecessary information
2. Helps clarify needs and symptoms experienced
3. Helps to highlight what the main problem is
4. Requires assessment of all areas of a service users presentation

3. The assessment process is ___.

1. Completed at the start of the service users journey
2. Completed by a designated person
3. Can opportunity to get as much information as possible
4. A dynamic process that is ongoing and helps to facilitate a greater understanding

4. To complete assessments the nurse needs to be ___.

1. Able to work efficiently and quickly
2. Able to use any assessment tool
3. Allocated the task
4. Able to work collaboratively with a client and to make sense of their experiences

5. Clarifying assessment tools ___.

1. Need careful consideration and a clear rationale for undertaking them
2. Can be used by anyone
3. Are only undertaken if the service user requests one
4. Should be undertaken as routine practice

6. Systematic assessment in mental health is ideally completed ___.

1. As quickly as possible
2. At the end of treatment
3. By all practitioners involved in care
4. In collaboration with a service user, their family and those working closely with them

7. The nurse should avoid ___.

1. Completing too few assessment tools
2. Assessing needs
3. Completing assessments without an understanding of how and why the information will be useful
4. Involving the service user in the decision making process