NURSE 345: EXAM I QUESTIONS AND 100% CORRECT
ANSWERS ELABORATIONS!!
1. Considering the many criteria for good mental health, the nursing student has
been instructed to list four of these criteria. The student's list consists of the
following: (1) an appropriate perception of reality(2) the ability to accept oneself
(3) the ability to establish relationships (4) a need for detachment and the desire for
privacy. How would the nurse evaluate the nursing student's list?
Answers Excellent. All the student's criteria are correct.
2. Which assessment is most important when evaluating signs and symptoms of
mental illness?
Answers. The client's social and cultural norms.
3. Which is an example of an interpersonal intervention for a client on an in-patient
psychiatric unit?
Answers : Ask the client to acknowledge one positive person in his or her life to
assist the client after discharge.
4. Which is an example of appropriate psychosexual development?
Answers : An 18 month-old relieves anxiety by the use of a pacifier.
5. Which client situation is an example of normal ego development?
1. A client calls out in pain to get his or her needs met.
2. A client complains of poor self-esteem because of punishments from his or her
past.
,3. A client exhibits the ability to assert himself or herself without anger or
aggression.
4. A client feels guilty about wanting to have sexual relations outside of marriage.
Answers :3. A client exhibits the ability to assert himself or herself without anger
or aggression.
6. After studying the concepts of personality development, the nursing student
understands that Freud is to psychoanalytic theory as Peplau is to:
Answers Nursing theory
7. Nursing theorists identify the nurse-client relationship as central to nursing
practice. After studying these concepts, the nursing student understands that Peplau
is to the phases of the nurse-client relationship as Watson is to:
Answers Seven assumptions about the science of caring.
8. After studying nursing interventions in the context of nursing theory, the nursing
student understands that Neuman is to primary, secondary, or tertiary prevention as
Roy is to:
Answers Interventions that alter or manage stimuli so that adaptive responses can
occur.
9. Which is the goal of the cognitive-behavioral theory model according to Beck
and Ellis ?
Answers Substituting rational for irrational beliefs and eliminating self-defeating
behaviors.
,10. Which interaction is an example of dialogue that would be used in the context
of reality therapy?
Answers Client: "The stupid doctor revoked my pass for tomorrow." Nurse: "What
did you do that showed that you were not ready for a pass?"
11. A 4 year-old child is unable to consider another child's ideas about playing
house. This situation is an example of which concept of Piaget's theory of
cognitive development
Answers Egocentrism.
12. The statement "Growth involves resolution of critical tasks through the eight
stages of the life cycle" is a concept of which therapeutic model?
Answers Intrapersonal
13. A 25-year-old client diagnosed with major depressive disorder remains in his
room and avoids others. According to Erikson, what describes this client's
developmental task assessment?
Answers : Isolation
14. A 7-year-old boy is active in sports and has received a most-improved player
award at his baseball tournament. According to Erikson, which describes this
client's developmental task assessment?
Answers Industry
15. Which scenario describes an individual in Erikson's developmental stage of
"old age" exhibiting a negative outcome of despair?
, Answers :4. A 70 year-old woman angry about where her life has ended up.
16. Which is an example of an individual successfully completing Erikson's
"school-age" stage of development?
Answers . An 11 year-old girl is trying out for cheerleading.
17. Which initial information gathered by the nurse is most important when
assessing Erikson's stages of development
Answers . The chronological age of the individual.
18. According to Maslow's hierarchy of needs, which of the following client
actions would be considered most basic ?
Answers : A client discusses the need for order in his or her life and freedom from
fear.
19. According to Maslow's hierarchy of needs, which client action would be an
example of a highly evolved, mature client?
Answers. A client begins to discuss feelings of self-fulfillment.
20. According to Maslow's hierarchy of needs, which situation on an in-patient
psychiatric unit would require priority intervention?
Answers. A client exhibits hostile and angry behaviors toward another client.
21. Rank the following statements using Maslow's hierarchy of needs, starting with
the basic level of attainment and progressing toward self-actualization.
ANSWERS ELABORATIONS!!
1. Considering the many criteria for good mental health, the nursing student has
been instructed to list four of these criteria. The student's list consists of the
following: (1) an appropriate perception of reality(2) the ability to accept oneself
(3) the ability to establish relationships (4) a need for detachment and the desire for
privacy. How would the nurse evaluate the nursing student's list?
Answers Excellent. All the student's criteria are correct.
2. Which assessment is most important when evaluating signs and symptoms of
mental illness?
Answers. The client's social and cultural norms.
3. Which is an example of an interpersonal intervention for a client on an in-patient
psychiatric unit?
Answers : Ask the client to acknowledge one positive person in his or her life to
assist the client after discharge.
4. Which is an example of appropriate psychosexual development?
Answers : An 18 month-old relieves anxiety by the use of a pacifier.
5. Which client situation is an example of normal ego development?
1. A client calls out in pain to get his or her needs met.
2. A client complains of poor self-esteem because of punishments from his or her
past.
,3. A client exhibits the ability to assert himself or herself without anger or
aggression.
4. A client feels guilty about wanting to have sexual relations outside of marriage.
Answers :3. A client exhibits the ability to assert himself or herself without anger
or aggression.
6. After studying the concepts of personality development, the nursing student
understands that Freud is to psychoanalytic theory as Peplau is to:
Answers Nursing theory
7. Nursing theorists identify the nurse-client relationship as central to nursing
practice. After studying these concepts, the nursing student understands that Peplau
is to the phases of the nurse-client relationship as Watson is to:
Answers Seven assumptions about the science of caring.
8. After studying nursing interventions in the context of nursing theory, the nursing
student understands that Neuman is to primary, secondary, or tertiary prevention as
Roy is to:
Answers Interventions that alter or manage stimuli so that adaptive responses can
occur.
9. Which is the goal of the cognitive-behavioral theory model according to Beck
and Ellis ?
Answers Substituting rational for irrational beliefs and eliminating self-defeating
behaviors.
,10. Which interaction is an example of dialogue that would be used in the context
of reality therapy?
Answers Client: "The stupid doctor revoked my pass for tomorrow." Nurse: "What
did you do that showed that you were not ready for a pass?"
11. A 4 year-old child is unable to consider another child's ideas about playing
house. This situation is an example of which concept of Piaget's theory of
cognitive development
Answers Egocentrism.
12. The statement "Growth involves resolution of critical tasks through the eight
stages of the life cycle" is a concept of which therapeutic model?
Answers Intrapersonal
13. A 25-year-old client diagnosed with major depressive disorder remains in his
room and avoids others. According to Erikson, what describes this client's
developmental task assessment?
Answers : Isolation
14. A 7-year-old boy is active in sports and has received a most-improved player
award at his baseball tournament. According to Erikson, which describes this
client's developmental task assessment?
Answers Industry
15. Which scenario describes an individual in Erikson's developmental stage of
"old age" exhibiting a negative outcome of despair?
, Answers :4. A 70 year-old woman angry about where her life has ended up.
16. Which is an example of an individual successfully completing Erikson's
"school-age" stage of development?
Answers . An 11 year-old girl is trying out for cheerleading.
17. Which initial information gathered by the nurse is most important when
assessing Erikson's stages of development
Answers . The chronological age of the individual.
18. According to Maslow's hierarchy of needs, which of the following client
actions would be considered most basic ?
Answers : A client discusses the need for order in his or her life and freedom from
fear.
19. According to Maslow's hierarchy of needs, which client action would be an
example of a highly evolved, mature client?
Answers. A client begins to discuss feelings of self-fulfillment.
20. According to Maslow's hierarchy of needs, which situation on an in-patient
psychiatric unit would require priority intervention?
Answers. A client exhibits hostile and angry behaviors toward another client.
21. Rank the following statements using Maslow's hierarchy of needs, starting with
the basic level of attainment and progressing toward self-actualization.
