NURS 312 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS & ANSWERS (GRADE
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A+)
NURS 312 Final Exam Questions & Answers (Grade A+),
Exams of Nursing
Which did Carl Rogers advocate that the therapist treating the client should do? Select one:
a. provide validation of the terminology used during the session
b. recognize an understanding of the client's basic needs
c. focus on the client's instinctual drives
d. develop unconditional positive regard for the client
d. develop unconditional positive regard for the client
A nurse performs behaviors the treatment team wishes the client to develop. The client internalizes
these behaviors through pervasive imitation. The treatment team is integrating which cognitive theory
in the client's treatment?
a. Freud's psychoanalytic model
b. Skinner's operant conditions
c. Erikson's model of psychosocial development
d. Albert Bandura's social cognitive theory
d. Albert Bandura's social cognitive theory
Who proposed a gender differentiation developmental theory that female development does not follow
a progression of stages but based on experiences within relationships?
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a. Anna Freud
b. Carol Gilligan
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c. Carl Rogers
d. Abraham Maslow
b. Carol Gilligan
A PMH nurse is reviewing different nursing theories. What do these theories form?
a. the conceptual basis for nursing practice
b. the basis for understanding the client
c. the spiritual basis for nursing practice
d. the context for nursing practice
a. the conceptual basis for nursing practice
Which domain includes cultural forces?
a. spiritual domain
b. biologic domain
c. psychological domain
d. social domain
d. social domain
A nurse is integrating Peplau's model when proving care to a client with mental illness. Which would the
nurse identify as a key component?
a. self-care
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b. nonverbal behaviours
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c. anxiety
d. Suffering
c. anxiety
Which nursing theorist made a major contribution to psychiatric-mental health nursing introducing the
conceptualization of the nurse-client relationship and its phases? Select one:
a. Dorothea Orem
b. Sigmund Freud
c. Hildegard Peplau
d. Margaret Newman
c. Hildegard Peplau
Which nursing intervention would focus on a client's spiritual distress related to a newly diagnosed
psychiatric disorder?
a. supporting the clients to find meaning in their circumstances
b. ensuring medication adherence
c. developing a treatment plan that connects the client with the community
d. motivating the client to participate in learning activities
a. supporting the clients to find meaning in their circumstances
Which key psychodynamic concept is recognized as the core of PMH nursing intervention?
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a. transference and countertransference
b. needs
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c. the therapeutic relationship
d. defence mechanisms
c. the therapeutic relationship
The structures within the limbic system are integrally involved with which functions? Select all that
apply.
a. hearing
b. tactile sensations
c. memory
d. speech
e. emotional behaviour
c. memory
e. emotional behaviour
A client with schizophrenia has been prescribed an antipsychotic medication. This medication likely
affects metabolism of what neurotransmitter?
a. dopamine
b. seratonin
c. GABA
d. Acetylcholine
a. dopamine
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Which statements regarding biologic rhythms and psychiatric illness are accurate? Select all that apply
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06/08/2026
A+)
NURS 312 Final Exam Questions & Answers (Grade A+),
Exams of Nursing
Which did Carl Rogers advocate that the therapist treating the client should do? Select one:
a. provide validation of the terminology used during the session
b. recognize an understanding of the client's basic needs
c. focus on the client's instinctual drives
d. develop unconditional positive regard for the client
d. develop unconditional positive regard for the client
A nurse performs behaviors the treatment team wishes the client to develop. The client internalizes
these behaviors through pervasive imitation. The treatment team is integrating which cognitive theory
in the client's treatment?
a. Freud's psychoanalytic model
b. Skinner's operant conditions
c. Erikson's model of psychosocial development
d. Albert Bandura's social cognitive theory
d. Albert Bandura's social cognitive theory
Who proposed a gender differentiation developmental theory that female development does not follow
a progression of stages but based on experiences within relationships?
6/8/2026
a. Anna Freud
b. Carol Gilligan
1
, NURS 312 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS & ANSWERS (GRADE
06/08/2026
A+)
c. Carl Rogers
d. Abraham Maslow
b. Carol Gilligan
A PMH nurse is reviewing different nursing theories. What do these theories form?
a. the conceptual basis for nursing practice
b. the basis for understanding the client
c. the spiritual basis for nursing practice
d. the context for nursing practice
a. the conceptual basis for nursing practice
Which domain includes cultural forces?
a. spiritual domain
b. biologic domain
c. psychological domain
d. social domain
d. social domain
A nurse is integrating Peplau's model when proving care to a client with mental illness. Which would the
nurse identify as a key component?
a. self-care
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b. nonverbal behaviours
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, NURS 312 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS & ANSWERS (GRADE
06/08/2026
A+)
c. anxiety
d. Suffering
c. anxiety
Which nursing theorist made a major contribution to psychiatric-mental health nursing introducing the
conceptualization of the nurse-client relationship and its phases? Select one:
a. Dorothea Orem
b. Sigmund Freud
c. Hildegard Peplau
d. Margaret Newman
c. Hildegard Peplau
Which nursing intervention would focus on a client's spiritual distress related to a newly diagnosed
psychiatric disorder?
a. supporting the clients to find meaning in their circumstances
b. ensuring medication adherence
c. developing a treatment plan that connects the client with the community
d. motivating the client to participate in learning activities
a. supporting the clients to find meaning in their circumstances
Which key psychodynamic concept is recognized as the core of PMH nursing intervention?
6/8/2026
a. transference and countertransference
b. needs
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, NURS 312 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS & ANSWERS (GRADE
06/08/2026
A+)
c. the therapeutic relationship
d. defence mechanisms
c. the therapeutic relationship
The structures within the limbic system are integrally involved with which functions? Select all that
apply.
a. hearing
b. tactile sensations
c. memory
d. speech
e. emotional behaviour
c. memory
e. emotional behaviour
A client with schizophrenia has been prescribed an antipsychotic medication. This medication likely
affects metabolism of what neurotransmitter?
a. dopamine
b. seratonin
c. GABA
d. Acetylcholine
a. dopamine
6/8/2026
Which statements regarding biologic rhythms and psychiatric illness are accurate? Select all that apply
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