PSYCHIATRIC/MENTAL HEALTH NURSING questions well answered
to pass graded A+ passed
1. A parent of a 17-year-old girl who has been Double-bind message
hospi- talized for extremely disturbed acting-
out behavior leaves a gift for the daughter but
says, "I'm too busy to visit today." The
daughter becomes upset and tearful after
being given the message and opening the
pack- age. What does the nurse conclude that
the parent's actions represent?
2. What treatment should a nurse anticipate will be pre-
Electroconvulsive therapy
scribed for a client with severe, persistent,
intractable depression and suicidal ideation?
3. An older adult, accompanied by family members, is "Don't be
afraid. I'm your
admitted to a long-term care facility with symptoms of nurse, and
everyone here
dementia. During the admission procedure whether
the initial statement by the nurse most the nurse
helpful to this client is: can see the
bugs that
4. An older depressed person at an are
independent living facility constantly crawling on
complains about her health prob- lems to the bed.
anyone who will listen. One day the client says, What is the
"I'm not going to any more activities. All nurse's
these old crabby people do is talk about initial
their problems." What defense mechanism reply?
does the nurse conclude that the client is
using? 6. A client is
respondin
5. A client with alcohol dependence problem asks g within
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,PSYCHIATRIC/MENTAL HEALTH NURSING questions well answered
to pass graded A+ passed
an hour of receiving naloxone to combat in the hospital is here to
respiratory depression from an overdose of help you."
heroin. Why should a nurse continue to
closely monitor this client's status? Projection
"No, I don't see any
bugs."
Symptoms of the
heroin overdose may
return after the
naloxone is metabo-
lized.
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to pass graded A+ passed
7. A client tells the nurse, "The voices say I'll be safe only "I understand
that these
if I stay in this room, wear these clothes, voices are real to you, but I
and avoid stepping on the cracks between the want you to know that
floor tiles." What is the best initial response I don't hear them."
by the nurse?
8. A client in the mental health clinic has a phobia about Imagery
closed spaces. Which desensitization method
should the nurse expect to be used
successfully with this client?
9. A client with schizophrenia is admitted to a psychiatric "I'll help you
take your
unit. The client is talking while walking in theshower now."
hall, is unkempt, and obviously has not
washed in several days. What should the
nurse say when trying to help this client
shower?
10. When a client is expressing severe anxiety by sobbing Ensuring a
safe therapeu-
in the fetal position on her bed, the nurse's priority is: tic milieu
11. A nurse is caring for several clients who are Are dependent on it
going through withdrawal from alcohol. The
primary reason for the ingestion of alcohol by
clients with a history of alcohol abuse is that
they:
Assuring the client that
12. A nurse is caring for a client with the diagnosis the
of
alcohol withdrawal delirium. Which action is most ap- symptoms are
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, PSYCHIATRIC/MENTAL HEALTH NURSING questions well answered
to pass graded A+ passed
part of the
propriate for the nurse to implement? withdrawal syndrome
13. A 30-year-old woman reports to the mental Conversion
health clinic on the recommendation of her
primary health care provider. She has been
unable to carry out every- day activities
because of increased pain in her low-
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to pass graded A+ passed
1. A parent of a 17-year-old girl who has been Double-bind message
hospi- talized for extremely disturbed acting-
out behavior leaves a gift for the daughter but
says, "I'm too busy to visit today." The
daughter becomes upset and tearful after
being given the message and opening the
pack- age. What does the nurse conclude that
the parent's actions represent?
2. What treatment should a nurse anticipate will be pre-
Electroconvulsive therapy
scribed for a client with severe, persistent,
intractable depression and suicidal ideation?
3. An older adult, accompanied by family members, is "Don't be
afraid. I'm your
admitted to a long-term care facility with symptoms of nurse, and
everyone here
dementia. During the admission procedure whether
the initial statement by the nurse most the nurse
helpful to this client is: can see the
bugs that
4. An older depressed person at an are
independent living facility constantly crawling on
complains about her health prob- lems to the bed.
anyone who will listen. One day the client says, What is the
"I'm not going to any more activities. All nurse's
these old crabby people do is talk about initial
their problems." What defense mechanism reply?
does the nurse conclude that the client is
using? 6. A client is
respondin
5. A client with alcohol dependence problem asks g within
1/
82
,PSYCHIATRIC/MENTAL HEALTH NURSING questions well answered
to pass graded A+ passed
an hour of receiving naloxone to combat in the hospital is here to
respiratory depression from an overdose of help you."
heroin. Why should a nurse continue to
closely monitor this client's status? Projection
"No, I don't see any
bugs."
Symptoms of the
heroin overdose may
return after the
naloxone is metabo-
lized.
2/
82
,PSYCHIATRIC/MENTAL HEALTH NURSING questions well answered
to pass graded A+ passed
7. A client tells the nurse, "The voices say I'll be safe only "I understand
that these
if I stay in this room, wear these clothes, voices are real to you, but I
and avoid stepping on the cracks between the want you to know that
floor tiles." What is the best initial response I don't hear them."
by the nurse?
8. A client in the mental health clinic has a phobia about Imagery
closed spaces. Which desensitization method
should the nurse expect to be used
successfully with this client?
9. A client with schizophrenia is admitted to a psychiatric "I'll help you
take your
unit. The client is talking while walking in theshower now."
hall, is unkempt, and obviously has not
washed in several days. What should the
nurse say when trying to help this client
shower?
10. When a client is expressing severe anxiety by sobbing Ensuring a
safe therapeu-
in the fetal position on her bed, the nurse's priority is: tic milieu
11. A nurse is caring for several clients who are Are dependent on it
going through withdrawal from alcohol. The
primary reason for the ingestion of alcohol by
clients with a history of alcohol abuse is that
they:
Assuring the client that
12. A nurse is caring for a client with the diagnosis the
of
alcohol withdrawal delirium. Which action is most ap- symptoms are
3/
82
, PSYCHIATRIC/MENTAL HEALTH NURSING questions well answered
to pass graded A+ passed
part of the
propriate for the nurse to implement? withdrawal syndrome
13. A 30-year-old woman reports to the mental Conversion
health clinic on the recommendation of her
primary health care provider. She has been
unable to carry out every- day activities
because of increased pain in her low-
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