MENTAL HEALTH EXAM 1 LATEST 2025 ACTUAL AND CORRECT DETAILED
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) ALREADY GRADED A+
1. Which level of anxiety might actually be conducive to learning?
A. Mild anxiety
B. Severe anxiety
C. Moderate anxiety
D. Panic-level anxiety
Answer: A
2. Which level of anxiety causes loss of ability to focus, misperceptions of reality, and
possibly even hallucinations and delusions?
A. Moderate anxiety
B. Severe anxiety
C. Mild anxiety
D. Panic-level anxiety
Answer: D
3. Nursing diagnoses are prioritized according to:
A. Life-threatening potential
B. Degree of potential for resolution
C. Client and family requests
,D. Legal implications associated with nursing intervention
Answer: A
4. Assessment of a newly admitted client with schizophrenia finds that the client is
demonstrating inability to trust others, verbalizing hearing voices and refusing to interact
with staff and peers. Nursing staff knows that this assessment likely means this client is
suffering from paranoid delusions, auditory hallucinations, and withdrawn behavior.
Which of the following nursing diagnoses would be appropriate for this client?
A. Social isolation
B. Disturbed sensory perception
C. Disturbed thought processes
D. All of the above nursing diagnoses would be appropriate for this client
Answer: D
5. Assessment of a newly admitted client with major depression finds that the client has
severe body odor. His daughter brings groceries and fills his medication box on a weekly
basis. She reports that it seems that he has eaten very little in the past 2 weeks, and she
reports that he hasn't been taking his medications for about the last 3-4 weeks. Which of
the following are appropriate nursing diagnoses for this client?
A. Imbalanced nutrition: less than body requirements
B. Ineffective health management
C. Self-care deficit
, D. All of the above nursing diagnoses would be appropriate for this client
Answer: D
6. Which of the following is not true about the DSM-5?
A. The DSM-5 is a diagnostic tool to identify mental health diagnoses, which is used by
nurses, as well as providers, in the mental health setting.
B. The DSM-5 is a diagnostic tool to identify mental health diagnoses, which is only used by
professionals with prescribing privileges.
C. The DSM-5 is a shortened name for the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental
Disorders, 5th edition
D. The DSM-5 is used to identify diagnoses and diagnostic criteria to guide assessment.
Answer: B
7. A client you are working with tells another patient, "The 'Shopatouliens' took my shoes
out of my room last night." Which is an appropriate charting entry to describe this client's
statement?
A. "The client is verbalizing a word salad."
B. "The client is expressing a neologism."
C. "The client is experiencing command hallucinations."
D. "The client is experiencing a paranoia."
Answer: B
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) ALREADY GRADED A+
1. Which level of anxiety might actually be conducive to learning?
A. Mild anxiety
B. Severe anxiety
C. Moderate anxiety
D. Panic-level anxiety
Answer: A
2. Which level of anxiety causes loss of ability to focus, misperceptions of reality, and
possibly even hallucinations and delusions?
A. Moderate anxiety
B. Severe anxiety
C. Mild anxiety
D. Panic-level anxiety
Answer: D
3. Nursing diagnoses are prioritized according to:
A. Life-threatening potential
B. Degree of potential for resolution
C. Client and family requests
,D. Legal implications associated with nursing intervention
Answer: A
4. Assessment of a newly admitted client with schizophrenia finds that the client is
demonstrating inability to trust others, verbalizing hearing voices and refusing to interact
with staff and peers. Nursing staff knows that this assessment likely means this client is
suffering from paranoid delusions, auditory hallucinations, and withdrawn behavior.
Which of the following nursing diagnoses would be appropriate for this client?
A. Social isolation
B. Disturbed sensory perception
C. Disturbed thought processes
D. All of the above nursing diagnoses would be appropriate for this client
Answer: D
5. Assessment of a newly admitted client with major depression finds that the client has
severe body odor. His daughter brings groceries and fills his medication box on a weekly
basis. She reports that it seems that he has eaten very little in the past 2 weeks, and she
reports that he hasn't been taking his medications for about the last 3-4 weeks. Which of
the following are appropriate nursing diagnoses for this client?
A. Imbalanced nutrition: less than body requirements
B. Ineffective health management
C. Self-care deficit
, D. All of the above nursing diagnoses would be appropriate for this client
Answer: D
6. Which of the following is not true about the DSM-5?
A. The DSM-5 is a diagnostic tool to identify mental health diagnoses, which is used by
nurses, as well as providers, in the mental health setting.
B. The DSM-5 is a diagnostic tool to identify mental health diagnoses, which is only used by
professionals with prescribing privileges.
C. The DSM-5 is a shortened name for the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental
Disorders, 5th edition
D. The DSM-5 is used to identify diagnoses and diagnostic criteria to guide assessment.
Answer: B
7. A client you are working with tells another patient, "The 'Shopatouliens' took my shoes
out of my room last night." Which is an appropriate charting entry to describe this client's
statement?
A. "The client is verbalizing a word salad."
B. "The client is expressing a neologism."
C. "The client is experiencing command hallucinations."
D. "The client is experiencing a paranoia."
Answer: B
