NRS 3016 QUIZ 1 2026/2027 | NURSING STUDY GUIDE, PRACTICE
QUESTIONS, ANSWERS & EXAM REVIEW
A psychiatric-mental health nurse is working with a client who is being treated for depression. Which
client statement would indicate that their spirituality is intact?
a.) "Nothing will ever been the same again; my life is not worth living"
b.) "I know God must be punishing me for all my sins"
c.) "I know I am as well off as I can be under the circumstances"
d.) "My church friends came to visit me this past Sunday afternoon" - ANS ✔✔"I know I am as well off as
I can be under the circumstances"
A psychiatric-mental health nurse is educating a class at a community health center on social factors
associated with mental illness. When describing the influence of poverty and effects of the downward
economic spiral on mental health, which population would the nurse identify as being the most at risk?
a.) Individuals with physical disabilities
b.) Homeless individuals
c.) Older adults
d.) Single-parent families - ANS ✔✔Homeless individuals
A psychiatric-mental health client has an advance care directive on their medical record. A clinician
provides treatment that disregards the client's directive. The clinician would be liable for which of the
following?
a.)Assault
b.) False imprisonment
c.) Battery
d.) Medical battery - ANS ✔✔Medical battery
A nurse is presented with an ethical conflict when a client insists on leaving the hospital against medical
and nursing advise. This situation best demonstrates the ethical conflict between which relevant
principles?
a.) Autonomy vs Beneficence
b.) Veracity vs Autonomy
c.) Justice vs Paternalism
d.) Fidelity vs Beneficence - ANS ✔✔Autonomy vs. Beneficience
After educating a group of students on mental health and mental illness, the instructor determines that
the education was successful when the group identifies which of the following as reflecting mental
disorders?
a.) Lack of impaired functioning
b.) Alteration in mood or thinking
c.) Capacity to interact with others
QUESTIONS, ANSWERS & EXAM REVIEW
A psychiatric-mental health nurse is working with a client who is being treated for depression. Which
client statement would indicate that their spirituality is intact?
a.) "Nothing will ever been the same again; my life is not worth living"
b.) "I know God must be punishing me for all my sins"
c.) "I know I am as well off as I can be under the circumstances"
d.) "My church friends came to visit me this past Sunday afternoon" - ANS ✔✔"I know I am as well off as
I can be under the circumstances"
A psychiatric-mental health nurse is educating a class at a community health center on social factors
associated with mental illness. When describing the influence of poverty and effects of the downward
economic spiral on mental health, which population would the nurse identify as being the most at risk?
a.) Individuals with physical disabilities
b.) Homeless individuals
c.) Older adults
d.) Single-parent families - ANS ✔✔Homeless individuals
A psychiatric-mental health client has an advance care directive on their medical record. A clinician
provides treatment that disregards the client's directive. The clinician would be liable for which of the
following?
a.)Assault
b.) False imprisonment
c.) Battery
d.) Medical battery - ANS ✔✔Medical battery
A nurse is presented with an ethical conflict when a client insists on leaving the hospital against medical
and nursing advise. This situation best demonstrates the ethical conflict between which relevant
principles?
a.) Autonomy vs Beneficence
b.) Veracity vs Autonomy
c.) Justice vs Paternalism
d.) Fidelity vs Beneficence - ANS ✔✔Autonomy vs. Beneficience
After educating a group of students on mental health and mental illness, the instructor determines that
the education was successful when the group identifies which of the following as reflecting mental
disorders?
a.) Lack of impaired functioning
b.) Alteration in mood or thinking
c.) Capacity to interact with others
