Mental Health CMS questions with verified answers
A charge nurse is discussing the care of a client who has a substance use disorder
with a staff nurse.
Which of the following statements by the staff nurse should the charge nurse
identify as
countertransference? Ans✓✓✓ "The client is just like my brother who finally
overcame his habit"
A client is fearful of driving and enters a behavioral therapy program to help him
overcome his anxiety.
Using systematic desensitization, he is able to drive down a familiar street without
experience a panic attack.
The nurse should recognize that to continue positive results, the client should
participate in which of the
following? Ans✓✓✓ Biofeedback
A nurse in a group home facility is caring for a client who is developmentally
disabled. The client has been stealing belongings from other clients. Which of the
following techniques should the nurse use? Ans✓✓✓ Positive reinforcement to
increase desired behavior
A nurse in a mental health facility is caring for a client. Which of the following
actions
should the nurse take during the working phase of the nurse-client relationship?
Ans✓✓✓ Promote problem-solving skills
A nurse in a mental health facility is caring for a newly admitted client. Which of
the following
, resources should the nurse recommend to help the client adapt to the health care
setting? Ans✓✓✓ A community meeting
A nurse in a mental health facility is making plans for a client's discharge. Which
of the following
interdisciplinary team members should the nurse contact to assist the client with
housing placement? Ans✓✓✓ Social worker
A nurse in an acute care mental health facility is planning discharge care for a
client who sustained a
traumatic brain injury. For which of the following needs should the nurse
collaborate with a clinical
psychologist? Ans✓✓✓ The client needs to begin a group therapy program prior
to discharge
A nurse in an inpatient mental health facility is assessing a client who has
schizophrenia and is
taking haloperidol. Which of the following clinical findings is the nurse's priority?
Ans✓✓✓ High fever
A nurse in an outpatient clinic is assessing a client who has anorexia ner- vosa.
Which of the following
findings indicates the need for hospitalization? Ans✓✓✓ Temperature 35.6C
(96.1F)
A nurse in the community health facility is interviewing a client who recently lost
his job. The client
A charge nurse is discussing the care of a client who has a substance use disorder
with a staff nurse.
Which of the following statements by the staff nurse should the charge nurse
identify as
countertransference? Ans✓✓✓ "The client is just like my brother who finally
overcame his habit"
A client is fearful of driving and enters a behavioral therapy program to help him
overcome his anxiety.
Using systematic desensitization, he is able to drive down a familiar street without
experience a panic attack.
The nurse should recognize that to continue positive results, the client should
participate in which of the
following? Ans✓✓✓ Biofeedback
A nurse in a group home facility is caring for a client who is developmentally
disabled. The client has been stealing belongings from other clients. Which of the
following techniques should the nurse use? Ans✓✓✓ Positive reinforcement to
increase desired behavior
A nurse in a mental health facility is caring for a client. Which of the following
actions
should the nurse take during the working phase of the nurse-client relationship?
Ans✓✓✓ Promote problem-solving skills
A nurse in a mental health facility is caring for a newly admitted client. Which of
the following
, resources should the nurse recommend to help the client adapt to the health care
setting? Ans✓✓✓ A community meeting
A nurse in a mental health facility is making plans for a client's discharge. Which
of the following
interdisciplinary team members should the nurse contact to assist the client with
housing placement? Ans✓✓✓ Social worker
A nurse in an acute care mental health facility is planning discharge care for a
client who sustained a
traumatic brain injury. For which of the following needs should the nurse
collaborate with a clinical
psychologist? Ans✓✓✓ The client needs to begin a group therapy program prior
to discharge
A nurse in an inpatient mental health facility is assessing a client who has
schizophrenia and is
taking haloperidol. Which of the following clinical findings is the nurse's priority?
Ans✓✓✓ High fever
A nurse in an outpatient clinic is assessing a client who has anorexia ner- vosa.
Which of the following
findings indicates the need for hospitalization? Ans✓✓✓ Temperature 35.6C
(96.1F)
A nurse in the community health facility is interviewing a client who recently lost
his job. The client
