Test Bank Mental Exam 3 2024/2025
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A nurse is performing an assessment interview with a patient. The patient
tells the nurse that he has a type A personality. Based on the nurse's
interpretation, the nurse would expect which behavior by the patient?
A)Appearing relaxed and easygoing throughout the interview
B)Wanting the interview to be over as quickly as possible C)Being pleased
with the overall pace of the interview
D)Speaking slowly, requiring time to consider his answers - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔B)Wanting the interview to be over as quickly as possible
A nurse is assessing a patient and the patient's social networks. When
evaluating this area, the nurse integrates knowledge that which of the
following is an important component?
A)Blood relationships
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,B)Bonding with one another C)Reciprocity
D)Emotional support - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔C)Reciprocity
A patient visits the clinic and tells the nurse about being under a great deal
of stress on the job for the past month. Applying the factors that determine
the stress response, which question would be most appropriate for the
nurse to ask?
A)What effect is the stress having on your job performance?
B)How would you describe the social network within your family?
C)What is the specific event that you find most stressful?
D)When did you first become aware of experiencing this stress? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔A)What effect is the stress having on your job performance?
The nurse is caring for a patient with chronic stress for the past month
because of job loss and financial difficulties. When evaluating the patient's
assessment findings, the nurse would anticipate finding an elevated
antibody titer to which of the following?
A)Herpes simplex viruses
B)Herpes zoster viruses
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,C)Acquired immune deficiency viruses
D)Influenza viruses - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A)Herpes simplex viruses
The nurse is caring for a patient who has been under severe stress while
caring for her elderly mother who is in the advanced stages of Alzheimer's
disease. The nurse explains that the patient is adapting to the stress is she
is experiencing because of which of the following?
A)Ability to survive in the midst of severe stress
B)Acceptance of others' help in caring for her mother
C)Success at being able to solve problems
D)Capability in setting reasonable personal goals - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A)Ability
to survive in the midst of severe stress
The nurse is preparing to care for a patient under severe stress resulting
from caring for her elderly aunt diagnosed with leukemia. When assessing
the patient's psychological domain, which question would the nurse ask
first?
A)Let's talk about what you have been feeling.
B)Tell me about your depressed moods.
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, C)How long have you been caring for your aunt?
D)Are you feeling overwhelmed by caring for your aunt? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔A)Let's talk about what you have been feeling.
A nurse is reviewing the assessment findings of several patients. Which
patient would the nurse identify as having a type D personality?
A)A man who threatens the receptionist in the emergency department with
bodily harm if a doctor does not see him right away
B)A woman who sits quietly reading in a waiting room before seeing her
doctor for her annual physical examination
C)A quiet teen who drinks a six pack of beer against his better judgment
because of peer pressure
D)A man who reacts negatively to almost everything but never discusses
his feelings with anyone - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔D)A man who reacts negatively
to almost everything but never discusses his feelings with anyone
A patient is talking to the nurse about her friendship with another person.
She comments, That person is always there for me, and I am always there
for her. We help each other out; sometimes she's helping me, and
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A nurse is performing an assessment interview with a patient. The patient
tells the nurse that he has a type A personality. Based on the nurse's
interpretation, the nurse would expect which behavior by the patient?
A)Appearing relaxed and easygoing throughout the interview
B)Wanting the interview to be over as quickly as possible C)Being pleased
with the overall pace of the interview
D)Speaking slowly, requiring time to consider his answers - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔B)Wanting the interview to be over as quickly as possible
A nurse is assessing a patient and the patient's social networks. When
evaluating this area, the nurse integrates knowledge that which of the
following is an important component?
A)Blood relationships
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,B)Bonding with one another C)Reciprocity
D)Emotional support - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔C)Reciprocity
A patient visits the clinic and tells the nurse about being under a great deal
of stress on the job for the past month. Applying the factors that determine
the stress response, which question would be most appropriate for the
nurse to ask?
A)What effect is the stress having on your job performance?
B)How would you describe the social network within your family?
C)What is the specific event that you find most stressful?
D)When did you first become aware of experiencing this stress? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔A)What effect is the stress having on your job performance?
The nurse is caring for a patient with chronic stress for the past month
because of job loss and financial difficulties. When evaluating the patient's
assessment findings, the nurse would anticipate finding an elevated
antibody titer to which of the following?
A)Herpes simplex viruses
B)Herpes zoster viruses
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,C)Acquired immune deficiency viruses
D)Influenza viruses - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A)Herpes simplex viruses
The nurse is caring for a patient who has been under severe stress while
caring for her elderly mother who is in the advanced stages of Alzheimer's
disease. The nurse explains that the patient is adapting to the stress is she
is experiencing because of which of the following?
A)Ability to survive in the midst of severe stress
B)Acceptance of others' help in caring for her mother
C)Success at being able to solve problems
D)Capability in setting reasonable personal goals - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A)Ability
to survive in the midst of severe stress
The nurse is preparing to care for a patient under severe stress resulting
from caring for her elderly aunt diagnosed with leukemia. When assessing
the patient's psychological domain, which question would the nurse ask
first?
A)Let's talk about what you have been feeling.
B)Tell me about your depressed moods.
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, C)How long have you been caring for your aunt?
D)Are you feeling overwhelmed by caring for your aunt? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔A)Let's talk about what you have been feeling.
A nurse is reviewing the assessment findings of several patients. Which
patient would the nurse identify as having a type D personality?
A)A man who threatens the receptionist in the emergency department with
bodily harm if a doctor does not see him right away
B)A woman who sits quietly reading in a waiting room before seeing her
doctor for her annual physical examination
C)A quiet teen who drinks a six pack of beer against his better judgment
because of peer pressure
D)A man who reacts negatively to almost everything but never discusses
his feelings with anyone - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔D)A man who reacts negatively
to almost everything but never discusses his feelings with anyone
A patient is talking to the nurse about her friendship with another person.
She comments, That person is always there for me, and I am always there
for her. We help each other out; sometimes she's helping me, and
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