Exam 1 V2: NU 160 / NU160 (Latest 2026 / 2027) Mental Health Concepts | 100% Correct Questions & Answers – Galen

Exam 1 V2: NU 160 / NU160 (Latest 2026 / 2027) Mental Health Concepts | 100% Correct Questions & Answers – Galen Question : When encountering a psychiatric patient what comes first? A- reflection B- listening C- Interaction D-Assurance Answer B, listening Question : What is an example of non-therapeutic communication? A-Giving advice B-restating C-Reflection D- sharing perception Answer A, giving advice Question : you happen to notice a patient in a psychiatric facility having too much stimulation, what is preferred? A- reassure the patient everything is fine B- remove the patient to a calmer environment C- ignore the patient and resume work D- request the noise leves be turned down Answer B, remove the patient to a more calmed environment Question : What is electroconvulsive therapy used for? Answer severe depression Question : What is recidivism? A-Revolving door basis B-inability to remain in a facility C-misbehaving occasionally Answer Revolving door basis Question : Who developed psychoanalysis (ID ego super ego) A-Erickson B-Maslow C-Piaget D-Freud Answer Freud Question : Where do most patients go for first manic crisis? A- ER B-institution C-Remain home with medication D-outpatient therapy setting Answer A- ER Question : To prevent harm to patients... A-Justice B-fidelity C-justice D-non maleficence Answer D- Nonmaleficence Question : Define veracity? A-deceit B- promise kept C- trust D- truthfulness Answer D, truthfulness Question : After administering antipsychotic medication to your client, the client states they have indigestion. How long do you wait to give tums to the client? A- 3 hours B- 2 hours C- with antipsychotic medication D- do not give due to the interference of meds Answer B, 2 hours Question : What is the strongest antipsychotic medication? A: benzodiazepine B: Valium C: lithium D: haloperidol Answer D, haloperidol Question : What defines culture? Answer a people's unique way of life ( food, language, surroundings) Question : Erikson's stages of psychosocial development Answer 1. Birth-1yr trust vs. mistrust 2. 1-3yr autonomy vs. shame and doubt 3. 3-6yr initiative vs. guilt 4. 6-12yr industry vs. inferiority 5. 12-18yr identity vs. role confusion 6. 18-25yr intimacy vs. isolation 7. 25-65yr generativity vs. stagnation 8. 75-death integrity vs. despair Question : in Maslow's hierarchy pyramid what client would be priority for care? A: client with a broken rib from falling out of a tree B: client with a severe mental status C: Client with with anxiety, inability to retain food, and shortness of breath D: client who is passed due for wind debridement and now has a foul odor Answer C: Client with with anxiety, inability to retain food, and shortness of breath Question : What is cognitive therapy? A- helping someone change the way they act B-helping someone change the way they think C-decision making process D-A way to think things through a difficult process Answer B, helping someone to change the way they think Question : What is the first thing you assess on a patient in a mental institute? A: level of consciousness B: amount of medication administered C: emotional status D: strict intake and output Answer C: emotional status Question : Name a few things that can cause mental Illness Can't be inherited, trauma related, repeated abuse, Abuse Question : What is the goal for psychiatric patients? A: To make them feel better B: to provide them stability C: to help accommodate and understand their mental illness D: to live where they are accepted as a person; too better them selves To live where they are accepted so they can better themselves Question : Define assault threat of harm Question : Define battery Inappropriate physical touching Question : Schizophrenic patients are dangerous based on? A: what they see B: What they were told C: what they hear D: how they see others C, What they hear What of an example of therapeutic response? A: advice B: Rejecting C: being defensive D: clarification Clarification how long is a baker act hold Up to 72 hours What is the lithium range level 1.5 or less A patient taking lithium can have extra salt with meals. True or False? False passive suicidal is most common in which type of patients A: elderly patients B: army troops C: mental health patients D: adolescents Elderly patients What is a self harm contract? When the patient signs in agreement that they will not self harm themselves during their stay in the facility. Fidelity means? Keeping your promise Not following prescribed treatment regimen is known as? A: noncompliance B: nonmaleficence C: Veracity D: beneficence A, noncompliance A client trying to escape from the institution is known as? Elopement Beneficence means to do good true or false? True What is done during ECT? Endulce a brief seizure To tell the truth is known as... Veracity Spreading rumors, written, photos, social media to ruin a reputation is known as slander true or false? True Verbal defamation is called? slander In the facility, who has the duty to warn? A: Nurses B: therapist C: physician D: all personal (janitors included) E: all care givers E, all caregivers An oversimplified mental picture is known as a stereotype ___is the part of the mind in active awareness A: ID B: EGO C:SUPEREGO B: Ego Refusal to acknowledge conflict and thus escapes reality of situation is known as? A: Denial B: Projection C: Rationalization D: Sublimation Denial 4 signs & symptoms of extrapyramidal side effects are... 1: Akathisia 2: NMS 3: Tardive dyskinesia 4: Dystopia Trust means assured hope and reliance on another true or false? True You should always assume everything and never and assess. True or false? False, you should never assume and always assess Rapid changes from one thought to another related thought is called? A: flight of ideas False beliefs that's cannot be corrected by training or explanation is called? A: delusion B: illusion C: Delusion Seeing something in the room that's not really there is called? Illusion Repeats last word heard is known as... A: Neologism B: flight of ideas C: echolalia D: mutism E: loose association C, echolalia "My cat is gray. The food here is good " is an example of which speech pattern? Flight of ideas Occurs when clients profit or avoid unpleasant diffusing by remaining ill, is known as? A: Secondary gain B: transference C: recidivism D: counter transference A, secondary gain ______helps keep the therapeutic environment consistent and predictable Limit-setting The choice to end one's life; made freely and rationally with a sound mind A: ambivalence B: Rational suicide C: suicidology D: passive suicide Rational suicide Refusing to eat, drink, or cooperate with care. Is known as? A: Suicidal gestures B: suicidal attempts C: passive suicide D: suicidal ideation C, passive suicide Explain survivor guilt... Is the main response of the grief reaction because survivors often think they could've done something to prevent the suicide