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b - Answer The term "sandwich generation" best describes adults:
Select one:
a. Caught between adulthood and late adulthood
b. Caring for their children and aging parents
c. Caring for their children and grandchildren
d. Caught between young adulthood and adulthood
c - Answer A male client is in the process of being admitted to a mental health facility. He is
sure that the nurse is the administrator of the hospital, despite the nurse's insistence that he is
a staff nurse on the unit. This client is experiencing:
Select one:
a. Acute confusion
b. Visual hallucinations
c. Delusions
d. Auditory hallucinations
b - Answer A client with the diagnosis of depersonalization disorder notices that he
experiences periods of depersonalization when confronted with certain stressors. When
developing the care plan, the nurse is aware that one of the most helpful activities in self-
control for this client is for the client to:
Select one:
a. Contact a treatment team member to discuss his thoughts and feelings every time he is
confronted with a stressor.
b. Keep a daily journal of his thoughts and feelings, paying special attention to thoughts and
feelings during stressful times.
c. Recall periods of stressful times in his life during his clinic visit.
d. Join an exercise program that will help to decrease his stress level.
c - Answer For children older than 4 years, separation anxiety should last for no longer than:
,c. A few months
d. 1 year
b - Answer The nurse begins discharge planning measures with a hospitalized client:
Select one:
a. Near the time of discharge
b. At the time of admission
c. 3 days into the hospital stay
d. On the day before discharge
c - Answer During a crisis assessment due to the diagnosis of a terminal illness, the nurse is
trying to determine what the client's history is with regard to losses. Which question will best
assess this area?
Select one:
a. "How easily do you adapt to new situations?"
b. "What is your understanding of the current situation?"
c. "Who or what has helped you through crisis situations in the past?"
d. "How is this situation affecting your family?"
c - Answer While performing a search of an adult male's home based on suspicion of criminal
activity, the police find pictures of him with young children between the ages of 5 and 10. The
pictures are sexual in nature. The man is suspected of:
Select one:
a. Voyeurism
b. Sexual sadism
c. Pedophilia
d. Necrophilia
c - Answer Toddlers often express their anger through:
Select one:
a. Crying
b. Manipulation
,b - Answer The client was injured in a work accident. He now has a fused spine and moves
with difficulty. He wonders if he will ever be able to be intimate with his wife. What is the
nurse's most accurate response?
Select one:
a. "You will not be able to engage in sexual activity."
b. "You can enjoy a satisfying sex life with some adaptation."
c. "You eventually will return to the preinjury level of functioning."
d. "You will become more sexually active after you recover from the injuries."
a - Answer The CMA is administering an antianxiety medication to a client. Monitoring side
effects is the responsibility of which member of the health care team?
Select one:
a. Nurse
b. CMA
c. Physician
d. Therapist
b - Answer A client response to the termination phase of the therapeutic relationship is
withdrawal. This response most often is manifested by client behaviors such as:
Select one:
a. Bringing up new problems
b. Being absent from appointments
c. Returning to maladaptive behavior
d. Having increased anxiety
A - Answer When reviewing the nursing notes from the previous shift, the nurse notices
notations indicating that the client was experiencing a somnolent level of consciousness. The
client's behavior would be described as:
Select one:
a. Falling asleep easily and only awakening with strong verbal stimuli
b. Frequently sleeping and awakening only to strong physical stimuli
c. Unresponsive to any verbal or painful stimuli
d. Having alternating periods of excitability and drowsiness
, b. To be evaluated daily
c. To be carefully avoided
d. To be prevented with pain management techniques
a - Answer A client in an inpatient mental health setting is scheduled to be discharged, with
follow-up at a community mental health center. His family is concerned that his inpatient stay
was not long enough, and he will be re-admitted in the near future. The nurse knows that the
average length of inpatient stay is:
Select one:
a. 5 days
b. 10 days
c. 25 days
d. 1 month
C - Answer The new nurse confides to his supervisor, "I am feeling frustrated. Mr. J has been
doing so well in dealing with his issues over the last month, and today he refused to discuss
anything productive in our session." What is the most appropriate response?
Select one:
a. "You are still in the preparation phase and need to check the medical record for information."
b. "The orientation phase is a time in which the client is building trust and testing you."
c. "During the working phase the client may experience growth and resistance."
d. "The termination phase is a difficult one for both nurse and client."
C - Answer A client has constant thoughts about locking his front door every time he leaves his
house. This client is experiencing a(n):
Select one:
a. Compulsion
b. Phobia
c. Obsession
d. Anxiety reaction
C - Answer A physically or mentally impaired older woman who is living with a relative and has
a history of unexplained bruises or injuries, burns in unusual places, or poor personal hygiene is
likely a victim of:
Answers Already Solved (2025-2026)
Updated.
b - Answer The term "sandwich generation" best describes adults:
Select one:
a. Caught between adulthood and late adulthood
b. Caring for their children and aging parents
c. Caring for their children and grandchildren
d. Caught between young adulthood and adulthood
c - Answer A male client is in the process of being admitted to a mental health facility. He is
sure that the nurse is the administrator of the hospital, despite the nurse's insistence that he is
a staff nurse on the unit. This client is experiencing:
Select one:
a. Acute confusion
b. Visual hallucinations
c. Delusions
d. Auditory hallucinations
b - Answer A client with the diagnosis of depersonalization disorder notices that he
experiences periods of depersonalization when confronted with certain stressors. When
developing the care plan, the nurse is aware that one of the most helpful activities in self-
control for this client is for the client to:
Select one:
a. Contact a treatment team member to discuss his thoughts and feelings every time he is
confronted with a stressor.
b. Keep a daily journal of his thoughts and feelings, paying special attention to thoughts and
feelings during stressful times.
c. Recall periods of stressful times in his life during his clinic visit.
d. Join an exercise program that will help to decrease his stress level.
c - Answer For children older than 4 years, separation anxiety should last for no longer than:
,c. A few months
d. 1 year
b - Answer The nurse begins discharge planning measures with a hospitalized client:
Select one:
a. Near the time of discharge
b. At the time of admission
c. 3 days into the hospital stay
d. On the day before discharge
c - Answer During a crisis assessment due to the diagnosis of a terminal illness, the nurse is
trying to determine what the client's history is with regard to losses. Which question will best
assess this area?
Select one:
a. "How easily do you adapt to new situations?"
b. "What is your understanding of the current situation?"
c. "Who or what has helped you through crisis situations in the past?"
d. "How is this situation affecting your family?"
c - Answer While performing a search of an adult male's home based on suspicion of criminal
activity, the police find pictures of him with young children between the ages of 5 and 10. The
pictures are sexual in nature. The man is suspected of:
Select one:
a. Voyeurism
b. Sexual sadism
c. Pedophilia
d. Necrophilia
c - Answer Toddlers often express their anger through:
Select one:
a. Crying
b. Manipulation
,b - Answer The client was injured in a work accident. He now has a fused spine and moves
with difficulty. He wonders if he will ever be able to be intimate with his wife. What is the
nurse's most accurate response?
Select one:
a. "You will not be able to engage in sexual activity."
b. "You can enjoy a satisfying sex life with some adaptation."
c. "You eventually will return to the preinjury level of functioning."
d. "You will become more sexually active after you recover from the injuries."
a - Answer The CMA is administering an antianxiety medication to a client. Monitoring side
effects is the responsibility of which member of the health care team?
Select one:
a. Nurse
b. CMA
c. Physician
d. Therapist
b - Answer A client response to the termination phase of the therapeutic relationship is
withdrawal. This response most often is manifested by client behaviors such as:
Select one:
a. Bringing up new problems
b. Being absent from appointments
c. Returning to maladaptive behavior
d. Having increased anxiety
A - Answer When reviewing the nursing notes from the previous shift, the nurse notices
notations indicating that the client was experiencing a somnolent level of consciousness. The
client's behavior would be described as:
Select one:
a. Falling asleep easily and only awakening with strong verbal stimuli
b. Frequently sleeping and awakening only to strong physical stimuli
c. Unresponsive to any verbal or painful stimuli
d. Having alternating periods of excitability and drowsiness
, b. To be evaluated daily
c. To be carefully avoided
d. To be prevented with pain management techniques
a - Answer A client in an inpatient mental health setting is scheduled to be discharged, with
follow-up at a community mental health center. His family is concerned that his inpatient stay
was not long enough, and he will be re-admitted in the near future. The nurse knows that the
average length of inpatient stay is:
Select one:
a. 5 days
b. 10 days
c. 25 days
d. 1 month
C - Answer The new nurse confides to his supervisor, "I am feeling frustrated. Mr. J has been
doing so well in dealing with his issues over the last month, and today he refused to discuss
anything productive in our session." What is the most appropriate response?
Select one:
a. "You are still in the preparation phase and need to check the medical record for information."
b. "The orientation phase is a time in which the client is building trust and testing you."
c. "During the working phase the client may experience growth and resistance."
d. "The termination phase is a difficult one for both nurse and client."
C - Answer A client has constant thoughts about locking his front door every time he leaves his
house. This client is experiencing a(n):
Select one:
a. Compulsion
b. Phobia
c. Obsession
d. Anxiety reaction
C - Answer A physically or mentally impaired older woman who is living with a relative and has
a history of unexplained bruises or injuries, burns in unusual places, or poor personal hygiene is
likely a victim of:
