NU 160 MENTAL HEALTH EXAM 1 (2026/2027)
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED
A+
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
C: Client with with anxiety, inability to retain food, and shortness of breath
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
B, helping someone to change the way they think
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
C: emotional status
Name a few things that can cause mental Illness
Can't be inherited, trauma related, repeated abuse,
Abuse
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
Define assault
threat of harm
Define battery
Inappropriate physical touching
, 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
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED
A+
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
C: Client with with anxiety, inability to retain food, and shortness of breath
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
B, helping someone to change the way they think
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
C: emotional status
Name a few things that can cause mental Illness
Can't be inherited, trauma related, repeated abuse,
Abuse
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
Define assault
threat of harm
Define battery
Inappropriate physical touching
, 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
