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Guidance, Counselling
& Mental Health Promotion
PRACTICE QUESTIONS
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For Nursing Students
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1. Guidance in nursing education/practice mainly aims to:
A. Help individuals understand themselves and make informed choices
B. Punish poor performance
C. Only give medical orders
D. Replace all teaching
Answer: A
2. Counselling is typically:
A. One-way advice giving only
B. Only for psychiatric inpatients
C. Directive orders without listening
D. A helping relationship that facilitates client exploration and problem-solving
Answer: D
3. Core conditions in person-centred counselling include:
A. Confrontation always
B. Empathy, unconditional positive regard, and congruence
C. Judgment and advice first
D. Only diagnosis
Answer: B
4. Active listening involves:
A. Looking at phone
B. Full attention, reflection, clarification, and minimal encouragers
C. Planning your reply while client talks
D. Interrupting with solutions immediately
Answer: B
5. Empathy means:
A. Understanding and communicating understanding of the client’s perspective
B. Feeling identical emotion always
C. Sympathy that only pities
D. Avoiding feelings
Answer: A
6. Confidentiality in counselling means:
A. No exceptions ever including harm
B. Recording sessions publicly
C. Protecting client information within legal and ethical limits
D. Sharing details freely in the staff room
Answer: C
7. Limits to confidentiality include:
A. Family curiosity only
B. No legal limits
C. Risk of serious harm to self or others, abuse reporting duties, court orders as applicable
D. Gossip interest
Answer: C
8. Open questions are useful to:
A. Avoid emotion
B. Encourage elaboration and exploration
C. Shut down talk
D. Only get yes/no
Answer: B
9. Closed questions are useful for:
A. Never in assessment
B. Specific facts or confirmation
C. Deep exploration of feelings only
D. Building long narrative only
Answer: B
10. Summarizing helps to:
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TESTBANK
Guidance, Counselling
& Mental Health Promotion
PRACTICE QUESTIONS
Answers shown after each question
© MOh T
Original Educational Practice Questions
For Nursing Students
© MOh T | @moht | Educational Use Only
, Testbank | Guidance Counselling Nursing | © MOh T @moht
1. Guidance in nursing education/practice mainly aims to:
A. Help individuals understand themselves and make informed choices
B. Punish poor performance
C. Only give medical orders
D. Replace all teaching
Answer: A
2. Counselling is typically:
A. One-way advice giving only
B. Only for psychiatric inpatients
C. Directive orders without listening
D. A helping relationship that facilitates client exploration and problem-solving
Answer: D
3. Core conditions in person-centred counselling include:
A. Confrontation always
B. Empathy, unconditional positive regard, and congruence
C. Judgment and advice first
D. Only diagnosis
Answer: B
4. Active listening involves:
A. Looking at phone
B. Full attention, reflection, clarification, and minimal encouragers
C. Planning your reply while client talks
D. Interrupting with solutions immediately
Answer: B
5. Empathy means:
A. Understanding and communicating understanding of the client’s perspective
B. Feeling identical emotion always
C. Sympathy that only pities
D. Avoiding feelings
Answer: A
6. Confidentiality in counselling means:
A. No exceptions ever including harm
B. Recording sessions publicly
C. Protecting client information within legal and ethical limits
D. Sharing details freely in the staff room
Answer: C
7. Limits to confidentiality include:
A. Family curiosity only
B. No legal limits
C. Risk of serious harm to self or others, abuse reporting duties, court orders as applicable
D. Gossip interest
Answer: C
8. Open questions are useful to:
A. Avoid emotion
B. Encourage elaboration and exploration
C. Shut down talk
D. Only get yes/no
Answer: B
9. Closed questions are useful for:
A. Never in assessment
B. Specific facts or confirmation
C. Deep exploration of feelings only
D. Building long narrative only
Answer: B
10. Summarizing helps to:
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