NRS 3016 Mental Health Final Exam with answers
A client has trouble sleeping, what should the nurse do?
a. Tell them to take melatonin
b. Limit the amount of snacks and beverages at night
c. Educate the client on the importance of sleep
d. Develop a plan to use throughout the day to promote sleep - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔b. Limit amount of snacks and beverages at night
You are assisting a patient with relaxation techniques, what is the nurse's first action?
a. Introduce self
b. Make sure the client knows these may not always work
c. Tell the patient just to "calm down"
d. Make sure the environment is correct - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔d. Make sure the
environment is correct
A nurse working in mental health community center, providing care to Asian
descent, what type of nursing implication would be important to address?
a. Label avoidance
b. Cultural norms
c. Hiding emotions
d. Therapeutic relationship - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔a. Label avoidance
What drug class is Imipramine?
,a. MAOI
b. SSRI
c. Tricyclic antidepressant
d. Anti-anxiety - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔c. Tricyclic antidepressant (TCA)
What is a potential side-effect of Imipramine?
a. Sleepy
b. Dizzy when lying down
c. Produce extra saliva
d. Avoid food, can cause diarrhea - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔a. Sleepy
What places a client at great risk of developing Tardive Dyskinesia?
a. Gender
b. Age
c. Culture
d. Neurophysicatric disorders - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔d. Neurophysicatric
disorders
You are trying to promote group cohesiveness, what is an action you can take?
a. Have a sleepover
b. Participate in a team building exercise
c. Go on vacation together
d. Share your deepest, darkest feelings with each other - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔b.
Participate in a team building exercise
, What is a nursing diagnosis for a client experiencing significant stress?
a. Sleep deprivation
b. Risk for Infection
c. Hopelessness
d. Ineffective coping (mechanisms) - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔d. Ineffective coping
(mechanisms)
You are in an anger management group, someone says they are tense and fidgety
today, what is the most appropriate response?
a. Encourage them to do a relaxation exercise
b. Face the trigger
c. Ask another client to talk tot he client
d. Have the client explore the underlying problems - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔d.
Have the client explore the underlying problems
You have a 35 year old at a counseling center, how would you know they are in crisis?
a. "I don't like when my baby wont stop crying"
b. "I don't understand, I cant seem to function like I used to"
c. "No matter what I do, I cant seem to overcome these emotions"
d. "I don't want to eat anything" - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔b. "I don't understand, I
can't seem to function like I used to"
A 25 year old secretary has just lost her job. What would be the nurse's priority
question?
a. Can you provide for yourself?
b. How did they respond to stressful situations in their past?
A client has trouble sleeping, what should the nurse do?
a. Tell them to take melatonin
b. Limit the amount of snacks and beverages at night
c. Educate the client on the importance of sleep
d. Develop a plan to use throughout the day to promote sleep - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔b. Limit amount of snacks and beverages at night
You are assisting a patient with relaxation techniques, what is the nurse's first action?
a. Introduce self
b. Make sure the client knows these may not always work
c. Tell the patient just to "calm down"
d. Make sure the environment is correct - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔d. Make sure the
environment is correct
A nurse working in mental health community center, providing care to Asian
descent, what type of nursing implication would be important to address?
a. Label avoidance
b. Cultural norms
c. Hiding emotions
d. Therapeutic relationship - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔a. Label avoidance
What drug class is Imipramine?
,a. MAOI
b. SSRI
c. Tricyclic antidepressant
d. Anti-anxiety - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔c. Tricyclic antidepressant (TCA)
What is a potential side-effect of Imipramine?
a. Sleepy
b. Dizzy when lying down
c. Produce extra saliva
d. Avoid food, can cause diarrhea - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔a. Sleepy
What places a client at great risk of developing Tardive Dyskinesia?
a. Gender
b. Age
c. Culture
d. Neurophysicatric disorders - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔d. Neurophysicatric
disorders
You are trying to promote group cohesiveness, what is an action you can take?
a. Have a sleepover
b. Participate in a team building exercise
c. Go on vacation together
d. Share your deepest, darkest feelings with each other - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔b.
Participate in a team building exercise
, What is a nursing diagnosis for a client experiencing significant stress?
a. Sleep deprivation
b. Risk for Infection
c. Hopelessness
d. Ineffective coping (mechanisms) - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔d. Ineffective coping
(mechanisms)
You are in an anger management group, someone says they are tense and fidgety
today, what is the most appropriate response?
a. Encourage them to do a relaxation exercise
b. Face the trigger
c. Ask another client to talk tot he client
d. Have the client explore the underlying problems - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔d.
Have the client explore the underlying problems
You have a 35 year old at a counseling center, how would you know they are in crisis?
a. "I don't like when my baby wont stop crying"
b. "I don't understand, I cant seem to function like I used to"
c. "No matter what I do, I cant seem to overcome these emotions"
d. "I don't want to eat anything" - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔b. "I don't understand, I
can't seem to function like I used to"
A 25 year old secretary has just lost her job. What would be the nurse's priority
question?
a. Can you provide for yourself?
b. How did they respond to stressful situations in their past?
