NURS 256 MENTAL HEALTH EXAM 3 LATEST
2024-2025 COMPLETE EXAM 50 QUESTIONS
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d. Compensation is an unconscious process that allows us to make up for
deficits in one area by excelling in another area to raise self-esteem
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A person who feels unattractive repeatedly says, "Although I'm not beautiful, I am
smart." This is an example of what defense mechanism? a. repression. b. devaluation. c.
identification. d. compensation.
Two staff nurses applied for a charge nurse position. After the promotion was
announced, the nurse who was not promoted said, "The nurse manager had a
2
headache the day I was interviewed." Which defense mechanism is evident? a.
Introjection b. Conversion c. Projection d. Splitting
Which scenario is an example of a situational crisis? a. The death of a child from sudden
3 infant death syndrome b. Development of a heroin addiction c. Retirement of a 55-
, year-old person d. A riot at a rock concert
A client diagnosed with depression confidently tells the nurse, "I've been
supplementing my prescribed antidepressant with St. John's wort. It has helped a great
deal." What is the nurse's priority action?
4 a. Assess changes in the client's level of depression.
b. Remind the client to use a secondary form of birth control.
c. Educate the client about the risks of selective serotonin syndrome.
d. Suggest adding valerian to the treatment regimen to further improve results
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A nurse wants to teach a. Verify the client's learning style.
alternative coping b. Lower the client's current anxiety.
strategies to a client c. Create outcomes and a teaching plan.
experiencing severe d. Assess how the client uses defense mechanisms.
anxiety. Which action
should the nurse perform b.
first?
a. Verify the client's learning
style.
b. Lower the client's current
anxiety.
c. Create outcomes and a
teaching plan.
d. Assess how the client
uses defense mechanisms.
2024-2025 COMPLETE EXAM 50 QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS|ALREADY
GRADED A+
Practice questions for this set
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d. Compensation is an unconscious process that allows us to make up for
deficits in one area by excelling in another area to raise self-esteem
Give this one a try later!
A person who feels unattractive repeatedly says, "Although I'm not beautiful, I am
smart." This is an example of what defense mechanism? a. repression. b. devaluation. c.
identification. d. compensation.
Two staff nurses applied for a charge nurse position. After the promotion was
announced, the nurse who was not promoted said, "The nurse manager had a
2
headache the day I was interviewed." Which defense mechanism is evident? a.
Introjection b. Conversion c. Projection d. Splitting
Which scenario is an example of a situational crisis? a. The death of a child from sudden
3 infant death syndrome b. Development of a heroin addiction c. Retirement of a 55-
, year-old person d. A riot at a rock concert
A client diagnosed with depression confidently tells the nurse, "I've been
supplementing my prescribed antidepressant with St. John's wort. It has helped a great
deal." What is the nurse's priority action?
4 a. Assess changes in the client's level of depression.
b. Remind the client to use a secondary form of birth control.
c. Educate the client about the risks of selective serotonin syndrome.
d. Suggest adding valerian to the treatment regimen to further improve results
Don't know?
Terms in this set (36)
A nurse wants to teach a. Verify the client's learning style.
alternative coping b. Lower the client's current anxiety.
strategies to a client c. Create outcomes and a teaching plan.
experiencing severe d. Assess how the client uses defense mechanisms.
anxiety. Which action
should the nurse perform b.
first?
a. Verify the client's learning
style.
b. Lower the client's current
anxiety.
c. Create outcomes and a
teaching plan.
d. Assess how the client
uses defense mechanisms.
