PSYCHOSOCIAL HESI EXAM WITH 100%
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CORRECT ANSWERS 2026/2027
STUDY SET |A GRADE
A male client is admitted to a mental health unit on
Friday afternoon and is very upset on Sunday because
he has not had the opportunity to talk with the
healthcare provider. Which response is best for the
nurse to provide this client?
a) Let me call and leave a message for your
healthcare provider.
b) The healthcare provider should be here on
Monday morning.
c)How can I help answer your questions?
d) What concerns do you have at this time?
a) Let me call and leave a message for your healthcare
provider.
A 40-year-old male client diagnosed with
schizophrenia and alcohol dependence has not had
any visitors or phone calls since admission. He reports
he has no family that cares about him and was living
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,on the streets prior to this admission. According to
Erikson's theory of psychosocial development, which
stage is the client in at this time?
a) Isolation.
b) Stagnation.
c)Despair.
d) Role confusion.
b) Stagnation.
A client with bipolar disorder on the mental health
unit becomes loud, and shouts at one of the nurses,
"You fat tub of lard! Get something done around
here!" What is the best initial action for the nurse to
take?
a) Have the orderly escort the client to his room.
b) Tell the client his healthcare provider will be
notified if he continues to be verbally abusive.
c)Redirect the client's energy by asking him to tidy
the recreation room.
d) Call the healthcare provider to obtain a
prescription for a sedative.
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,c) Redirect the client's energy by asking him to tidy the
recreation room.
An adult male client who was admitted to the mental
health unit yesterday tells the nurse that microchips
were planted in his head for military surveillance of
his every move. Which response is best for the nurse
to provide?
a) You are in the hospital, and I am the nurse caring
for you.
b) It must be difficult for you to control your anxious
feelings.
c)Go to occupational therapy and start a project.
d) You are not in a war area now; this is the United
States.
c) Go to occupational therapy and start a project.
A male client with mental illness and substance
dependency tells the mental health nurse that he has
started using illegal drugs again and wants to seek
treatment. Since he has a dual diagnosis, which
person is best for the nurse to refer this client to first?
a) The emergency room nurse.
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, b) His case manager.
c)The clinic healthcare provider.
d) His support group sponsor.
b) His case manager.
The nurse is conducting discharge teaching for a client
with schizophrenia who plans to live in a group home.
Which statement is most indicative of the need for
careful follow-up after discharge?
a) Crickets are a good source of protein.
b) I have not heard any voices for a week.
c)Only my belief in God can help me.
d) Sometimes I have a hard time sitting still.
c) Only my belief in God can help me.
When preparing a teaching plan for a client who is to
be discharged with a prescription for lithium
carbonate (Lithonate), which instruction is most
important for the nurse to include?
a) It may take 3 to 4 weeks to achieve therapeutic
effects.
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DETAILED
CORRECT ANSWERS 2026/2027
STUDY SET |A GRADE
A male client is admitted to a mental health unit on
Friday afternoon and is very upset on Sunday because
he has not had the opportunity to talk with the
healthcare provider. Which response is best for the
nurse to provide this client?
a) Let me call and leave a message for your
healthcare provider.
b) The healthcare provider should be here on
Monday morning.
c)How can I help answer your questions?
d) What concerns do you have at this time?
a) Let me call and leave a message for your healthcare
provider.
A 40-year-old male client diagnosed with
schizophrenia and alcohol dependence has not had
any visitors or phone calls since admission. He reports
he has no family that cares about him and was living
1.
,on the streets prior to this admission. According to
Erikson's theory of psychosocial development, which
stage is the client in at this time?
a) Isolation.
b) Stagnation.
c)Despair.
d) Role confusion.
b) Stagnation.
A client with bipolar disorder on the mental health
unit becomes loud, and shouts at one of the nurses,
"You fat tub of lard! Get something done around
here!" What is the best initial action for the nurse to
take?
a) Have the orderly escort the client to his room.
b) Tell the client his healthcare provider will be
notified if he continues to be verbally abusive.
c)Redirect the client's energy by asking him to tidy
the recreation room.
d) Call the healthcare provider to obtain a
prescription for a sedative.
1.
,c) Redirect the client's energy by asking him to tidy the
recreation room.
An adult male client who was admitted to the mental
health unit yesterday tells the nurse that microchips
were planted in his head for military surveillance of
his every move. Which response is best for the nurse
to provide?
a) You are in the hospital, and I am the nurse caring
for you.
b) It must be difficult for you to control your anxious
feelings.
c)Go to occupational therapy and start a project.
d) You are not in a war area now; this is the United
States.
c) Go to occupational therapy and start a project.
A male client with mental illness and substance
dependency tells the mental health nurse that he has
started using illegal drugs again and wants to seek
treatment. Since he has a dual diagnosis, which
person is best for the nurse to refer this client to first?
a) The emergency room nurse.
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, b) His case manager.
c)The clinic healthcare provider.
d) His support group sponsor.
b) His case manager.
The nurse is conducting discharge teaching for a client
with schizophrenia who plans to live in a group home.
Which statement is most indicative of the need for
careful follow-up after discharge?
a) Crickets are a good source of protein.
b) I have not heard any voices for a week.
c)Only my belief in God can help me.
d) Sometimes I have a hard time sitting still.
c) Only my belief in God can help me.
When preparing a teaching plan for a client who is to
be discharged with a prescription for lithium
carbonate (Lithonate), which instruction is most
important for the nurse to include?
a) It may take 3 to 4 weeks to achieve therapeutic
effects.
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