NUR 180 MENTAL HEALTH
NUR 180 MENTAL HEALTH TEST 1 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE
1. Older male patient in mental health clinic with sleep disorder and depression. What would you do?
(SATA) - ANSWER ✔ - Provide a private place to interview client, ask about daily activities and
hobbies during interview, and delegate other tasks to UAP during interview.
2. You are aware of the person's ability to cope is influenced by many things. Name a few things that
affect the ability to cope. - ANSWER ✔ - Culture, Family dynamics, stress
3. Survivors of suicide victims, the intervention will have what response? - ANSWER ✔ - Guilt, anger,
and shame
4. Admitting several new patient. Which one has highest suicide risk? - ANSWER ✔ - Young man who
feels trapped and feels hopeless
5. Patient with PTSD (flashbacks, intrusive nightmares, etc.) How will you plan to help the patient? -
ANSWER ✔ - Help increase their coping skills
6. Signs of abuse and neglect in elderly patients - ANSWER ✔ - Unexplained bruises, poor hygiene, and
malnourishment
7. To detect the likely-hood of violence in a community, what factors would you look for? - ANSWER ✔ -
Poverty and frustration
8. You are planning interventions at a school help decrease stress. How would you help students
decrease stress and increase coping skills? - ANSWER ✔ - Prevent stress related disease and
malfunction
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9. Pt. admitted to unit with severe depression and avoids contact with everyone. What would you, as
an LPN do? - ANSWER ✔ - Spend time with the patient and accept that the patient is not willing to
talk.
10. Pt. states they can leave whenever they want to after being involuntarily admitted. How would you
explain this to the patient? - ANSWER ✔ - You are not allowed to leave the facility until the physician
has written the discharge.
11. Patient having high level of anxiety, how would you respond to this person? - ANSWER ✔ - "What is
causing you to feel anxious"?
12. Patient who refuses to talk and eat. They have severe depression. What do you want to do? -
ANSWER ✔ - "Would you like to talk about your feelings"?
13. Patient had a bad nightmare and when they woke up they felt emotionally drained as if they had not
rested well. How would you respond to this patient? - ANSWER ✔ - Can you give me an example of
what you mean by "Bad nightmare"?
14. Orientating new patient on behavioral health unit, what will you focus on? - ANSWER ✔ - Reassure
the patient on their safety and point out important features of the unit.
15. Behavioral unit caring for patient who got a new roommate 4 days ago, over the past 36 hours, the
patient has become increasingly agitated resulting in occasional outbursts. What will you investigate
as a likely cause of this change? - ANSWER ✔ - Something about the new situation is agitating the
patient.
16. Examining a patient during their monthly psychiatrist appt. They almost had an accident on their
way today. When you take their vitals bp is 170/90 HR is 122, resp. 28, pt.'s pupils are dilated. How
will the nurse interpret these physiological signs? - ANSWER ✔ - The patient is showing signs of an
acute stress response.
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NUR 180 MENTAL HEALTH TEST 1 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE
1. Older male patient in mental health clinic with sleep disorder and depression. What would you do?
(SATA) - ANSWER ✔ - Provide a private place to interview client, ask about daily activities and
hobbies during interview, and delegate other tasks to UAP during interview.
2. You are aware of the person's ability to cope is influenced by many things. Name a few things that
affect the ability to cope. - ANSWER ✔ - Culture, Family dynamics, stress
3. Survivors of suicide victims, the intervention will have what response? - ANSWER ✔ - Guilt, anger,
and shame
4. Admitting several new patient. Which one has highest suicide risk? - ANSWER ✔ - Young man who
feels trapped and feels hopeless
5. Patient with PTSD (flashbacks, intrusive nightmares, etc.) How will you plan to help the patient? -
ANSWER ✔ - Help increase their coping skills
6. Signs of abuse and neglect in elderly patients - ANSWER ✔ - Unexplained bruises, poor hygiene, and
malnourishment
7. To detect the likely-hood of violence in a community, what factors would you look for? - ANSWER ✔ -
Poverty and frustration
8. You are planning interventions at a school help decrease stress. How would you help students
decrease stress and increase coping skills? - ANSWER ✔ - Prevent stress related disease and
malfunction
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9. Pt. admitted to unit with severe depression and avoids contact with everyone. What would you, as
an LPN do? - ANSWER ✔ - Spend time with the patient and accept that the patient is not willing to
talk.
10. Pt. states they can leave whenever they want to after being involuntarily admitted. How would you
explain this to the patient? - ANSWER ✔ - You are not allowed to leave the facility until the physician
has written the discharge.
11. Patient having high level of anxiety, how would you respond to this person? - ANSWER ✔ - "What is
causing you to feel anxious"?
12. Patient who refuses to talk and eat. They have severe depression. What do you want to do? -
ANSWER ✔ - "Would you like to talk about your feelings"?
13. Patient had a bad nightmare and when they woke up they felt emotionally drained as if they had not
rested well. How would you respond to this patient? - ANSWER ✔ - Can you give me an example of
what you mean by "Bad nightmare"?
14. Orientating new patient on behavioral health unit, what will you focus on? - ANSWER ✔ - Reassure
the patient on their safety and point out important features of the unit.
15. Behavioral unit caring for patient who got a new roommate 4 days ago, over the past 36 hours, the
patient has become increasingly agitated resulting in occasional outbursts. What will you investigate
as a likely cause of this change? - ANSWER ✔ - Something about the new situation is agitating the
patient.
16. Examining a patient during their monthly psychiatrist appt. They almost had an accident on their
way today. When you take their vitals bp is 170/90 HR is 122, resp. 28, pt.'s pupils are dilated. How
will the nurse interpret these physiological signs? - ANSWER ✔ - The patient is showing signs of an
acute stress response.
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