NCLEX QUESTIONS (MENTAL HEALTH EXAM 1) WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS | 2024
Which statement about mental illness is true?
a) mental illness is a matter of individual nonconformity with social norms
b) mental illness is present when individual irrational and illogical behavior occurs
c) mental illness changes with culture, time in history, political system, and group
defining it
d) mental illness is evaluated solely by considering individual control over behavior and
appraisal of reality - c) mental illness changes with culture, time in history, political
system, and group defining it
A nursing student new to psychiatric nursing asks a peer what resource he/she can use
to figure out which symptoms are part of the picture of a specific psychiatric disorder.
The best answer would be:
a) nursing intervention classifications
b) nursing interventions outcomes
c) NANDA nursing diagnosis
d) DSM-V - d) DSM-V
Why is it important for the nurse to be aware of the multiple factors that can influence an
individual's mental health?
a) rates of illness differ among various groups
b) the DSM-V cannot be used without the information
c) a holistic nursing assessment requires this awareness
d) the nurse must contribute this data for epidemiological research - c) a holistic
nursing assessment requires this awareness
Which statement best describes a major difference between a DSM-V diagnosis and a
nursing diagnosis?
a) there is no functional difference between the two. Both serve to identify a human
deviance
b) the DSM-V diagnosis disregards culture, whereas the nursing diagnosis takes culture
into account
c) the DSM-V is associated with present distress or disability, whereas a nursing
diagnosis considers past and present responses to actual mental health problems
d) the DSM-V diagnosis impacts the choice of medical treatment, whereas the nursing
diagnosis offers a framework for identifying interventions for phenomena a client is
experiencing - d) the DSM-V diagnosis impacts the choice of medical treatment,
, whereas the nursing diagnosis offers a framework for identifying interventions for
phenomena a client is experiencing
Resilience, the capacity to rebound from stressors via adaptive coping is associated
with positive mental health. Your friend has just been laid off from his job. Which of the
following responses on your part most likely contribute to enhanced resilience?
a) using your connection to set up an interview with your employer
b) connecting him with a friend with the family who owns his own business
c) supporting him in arranging, preparing for, and completing multiple interviews
d) helping him to understand that the layoff resulted from troubles in the economy and is
not his fault - c) supporting him in arranging, preparing for, and completing multiple
interviews
After several therapeutic encounters with a patient who recently attempted suicide, the
behavior that would cause the nurse to consider the possibility of countertransference is
that:
a) the client's reaction toward the nurse seem realistic and appropriate
b) the client states the nurse is concerned about her, just like her father
c) the nurse develops a trusting relationship with the client
d) the nurse feels exceptionally happy when the client's mood begins to lift - d) the
nurse feels exceptionally happy when the client's mood begins to lift
Termination of the therapeutic nurse-client relationship with a client has been handled
successfully when the nurse:
a) gives the client his personal telephone number and permission to call after discharge
b) avoids upsetting the client by focusing on other clients beginning 1 week before the
client's discharge
c) discusses with the client the changes that have happened during their time together
and evaluates outcome attainment
d) offers to meet the client for coffee and conversation three times a week for 2 weeks
after discharge - c) discusses with the client the changes that have happened during
their time together and evaluates outcome attainment
During which phase of the nurse-client relationship can the nurse anticipate that
identified client issues will be explored and resolved?
a) the working phase
b) the identifying phase
c) the dysfunctional phase
d) the termination phase - a) the working phase
At what point in the nurse-client relationship can the nurse anticipate that identified
client issues will be explored and resolved?
Which statement about mental illness is true?
a) mental illness is a matter of individual nonconformity with social norms
b) mental illness is present when individual irrational and illogical behavior occurs
c) mental illness changes with culture, time in history, political system, and group
defining it
d) mental illness is evaluated solely by considering individual control over behavior and
appraisal of reality - c) mental illness changes with culture, time in history, political
system, and group defining it
A nursing student new to psychiatric nursing asks a peer what resource he/she can use
to figure out which symptoms are part of the picture of a specific psychiatric disorder.
The best answer would be:
a) nursing intervention classifications
b) nursing interventions outcomes
c) NANDA nursing diagnosis
d) DSM-V - d) DSM-V
Why is it important for the nurse to be aware of the multiple factors that can influence an
individual's mental health?
a) rates of illness differ among various groups
b) the DSM-V cannot be used without the information
c) a holistic nursing assessment requires this awareness
d) the nurse must contribute this data for epidemiological research - c) a holistic
nursing assessment requires this awareness
Which statement best describes a major difference between a DSM-V diagnosis and a
nursing diagnosis?
a) there is no functional difference between the two. Both serve to identify a human
deviance
b) the DSM-V diagnosis disregards culture, whereas the nursing diagnosis takes culture
into account
c) the DSM-V is associated with present distress or disability, whereas a nursing
diagnosis considers past and present responses to actual mental health problems
d) the DSM-V diagnosis impacts the choice of medical treatment, whereas the nursing
diagnosis offers a framework for identifying interventions for phenomena a client is
experiencing - d) the DSM-V diagnosis impacts the choice of medical treatment,
, whereas the nursing diagnosis offers a framework for identifying interventions for
phenomena a client is experiencing
Resilience, the capacity to rebound from stressors via adaptive coping is associated
with positive mental health. Your friend has just been laid off from his job. Which of the
following responses on your part most likely contribute to enhanced resilience?
a) using your connection to set up an interview with your employer
b) connecting him with a friend with the family who owns his own business
c) supporting him in arranging, preparing for, and completing multiple interviews
d) helping him to understand that the layoff resulted from troubles in the economy and is
not his fault - c) supporting him in arranging, preparing for, and completing multiple
interviews
After several therapeutic encounters with a patient who recently attempted suicide, the
behavior that would cause the nurse to consider the possibility of countertransference is
that:
a) the client's reaction toward the nurse seem realistic and appropriate
b) the client states the nurse is concerned about her, just like her father
c) the nurse develops a trusting relationship with the client
d) the nurse feels exceptionally happy when the client's mood begins to lift - d) the
nurse feels exceptionally happy when the client's mood begins to lift
Termination of the therapeutic nurse-client relationship with a client has been handled
successfully when the nurse:
a) gives the client his personal telephone number and permission to call after discharge
b) avoids upsetting the client by focusing on other clients beginning 1 week before the
client's discharge
c) discusses with the client the changes that have happened during their time together
and evaluates outcome attainment
d) offers to meet the client for coffee and conversation three times a week for 2 weeks
after discharge - c) discusses with the client the changes that have happened during
their time together and evaluates outcome attainment
During which phase of the nurse-client relationship can the nurse anticipate that
identified client issues will be explored and resolved?
a) the working phase
b) the identifying phase
c) the dysfunctional phase
d) the termination phase - a) the working phase
At what point in the nurse-client relationship can the nurse anticipate that identified
client issues will be explored and resolved?
