8/15/25, 9:00 AM NSG 3450. Mental Health Exam 1 Review Questions
NSG 3450. Mental Health Review EXAM 1 2025-2026
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The scope of practiced for b. Prescribing psychotropic medication.
an advanced nurse
practitioner would include
which intervention?
a. Conducting a mental
health assessment.
b. Prescribing
psychotropic medication.
c. Establishing a
therapeutic relationship.
d. Individualizing a nursing
care plan.
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,8/15/25, 9:00 AM NSG 3450. Mental Health Exam 1 Review Questions
A nursing student b. "Psychiatric nurses use complex communication
expresses concerns that skills as well as critical thinking to solve
mental health nurses "lose multidimensional problems. I am challenged by those
all their clinical situations."
nursing skills." Select the
best response by the
mental health nurse.
a. "Psychiatric nurses
practice in safer
environments than other
specialties. Nurse-to client
ratios must be better
because of the nature of
the clients' problems."
b. "Psychiatric nurses use
complex communication
skills as well as critical
thinking to solve
multidimensional
problems. I am challenged
by those situations."
c. "That's a misconception.
Psychiatric nurses
frequently use high
technology monitoring
equipment and manage
complex intravenous
therapies."
d. "Psychiatric nurses do
not have to deal with as
much pain and suffering
as medical-
surgical nurses do. That
appeals to me."
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,8/15/25, 9:00 AM NSG 3450. Mental Health Exam 1 Review Questions
When a new bill c. Advocacy
introduced in Congress
reduces funding for care
of persons diagnosed with
mental illness, a group of
nurses write letters to their
elected representatives in
opposition to the
legislation. Which role
have the nurses fulfilled?
a. Recovery
b. Attending
c. Advocacy
d. Evidence-based
practice
A family has a long history c. "I will make some changes in my behavior for the
of conflicted relationships good of the family."
among the members.
Which family member's
comment best reflects a
mentally healthy
perspective?
a. "I've made mistakes but
everyone else in this
family has also."
b. "I remember joy and
mutual respect from our
early years together."
c. "I will make some
changes in my behavior
for the good of the family."
d. "It's best for me to move
away from my family.
Things will never change."
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, 8/15/25, 9:00 AM NSG 3450. Mental Health Exam 1 Review Questions
Which assessment finding b. reporting a consistently sad, discouraged, and
most clearly indicates that hopeless mood.
a client may be
experiencing a mental
illness?
a. reporting occasional
sleeplessness and anxiety.
b. reporting a consistently
sad, discouraged, and
hopeless mood.
c. being able to describe
the difference between "as
if" and "for real."
d. experiencing difficulty
making a decision about
whether to change jobs.
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NSG 3450. Mental Health Review EXAM 1 2025-2026
\NEWEST VERSION WITH COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND ACCURATE DETAILED
ANSWERS \VERIFIED ANSWERS \ALREADY
GRADED A+
The scope of practiced for b. Prescribing psychotropic medication.
an advanced nurse
practitioner would include
which intervention?
a. Conducting a mental
health assessment.
b. Prescribing
psychotropic medication.
c. Establishing a
therapeutic relationship.
d. Individualizing a nursing
care plan.
… 1/121
,8/15/25, 9:00 AM NSG 3450. Mental Health Exam 1 Review Questions
A nursing student b. "Psychiatric nurses use complex communication
expresses concerns that skills as well as critical thinking to solve
mental health nurses "lose multidimensional problems. I am challenged by those
all their clinical situations."
nursing skills." Select the
best response by the
mental health nurse.
a. "Psychiatric nurses
practice in safer
environments than other
specialties. Nurse-to client
ratios must be better
because of the nature of
the clients' problems."
b. "Psychiatric nurses use
complex communication
skills as well as critical
thinking to solve
multidimensional
problems. I am challenged
by those situations."
c. "That's a misconception.
Psychiatric nurses
frequently use high
technology monitoring
equipment and manage
complex intravenous
therapies."
d. "Psychiatric nurses do
not have to deal with as
much pain and suffering
as medical-
surgical nurses do. That
appeals to me."
… 2/121
,8/15/25, 9:00 AM NSG 3450. Mental Health Exam 1 Review Questions
When a new bill c. Advocacy
introduced in Congress
reduces funding for care
of persons diagnosed with
mental illness, a group of
nurses write letters to their
elected representatives in
opposition to the
legislation. Which role
have the nurses fulfilled?
a. Recovery
b. Attending
c. Advocacy
d. Evidence-based
practice
A family has a long history c. "I will make some changes in my behavior for the
of conflicted relationships good of the family."
among the members.
Which family member's
comment best reflects a
mentally healthy
perspective?
a. "I've made mistakes but
everyone else in this
family has also."
b. "I remember joy and
mutual respect from our
early years together."
c. "I will make some
changes in my behavior
for the good of the family."
d. "It's best for me to move
away from my family.
Things will never change."
… 3/121
, 8/15/25, 9:00 AM NSG 3450. Mental Health Exam 1 Review Questions
Which assessment finding b. reporting a consistently sad, discouraged, and
most clearly indicates that hopeless mood.
a client may be
experiencing a mental
illness?
a. reporting occasional
sleeplessness and anxiety.
b. reporting a consistently
sad, discouraged, and
hopeless mood.
c. being able to describe
the difference between "as
if" and "for real."
d. experiencing difficulty
making a decision about
whether to change jobs.
… 4/121
