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FINAL EXAM: PRN 1562 / PRN1562 (LATEST 2025
UPDATES STUDY BUNDLE WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS)
PRINCIPLES OF MENTAL HEALTH NURSING EXAM
REVIEWS | QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS |
RASMUSSEN
Interventions when a client is at risk for suicide?
.....ANSWER.....Remove shoestrings, curtain Rods and glass items.
Give the client plastic wear to eat with.
Signs of a bipolar manic episode? .....ANSWER.....Risky behavior,
high self esteem
When a client is manic the best therapeutic communication is?
.....ANSWER.....calm but firm, be consistent, short explanations,
redirect energy, Identify expectations and consequences.
Mini mental statues exam (MMSE) is used to?
.....ANSWER.....assess dementia by assessing the client's cognitive
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status through a series of questions such as: word recall and
following directions such as drawing a clock face
Clients are at higher risk for suicide if? .....ANSWER.....they have
a family history or is abused
Compassion fatigue (Secondary Traumatic Stress)
.....ANSWER.....emotional effect that nurses and other health care
workers may experience by being indirectly traumatized when
helping or trying to help a person who has experienced primary
traumatic stress
Restraints are used if? .....ANSWER.....-patient is a danger to
themselves or others
-patient is interfering with medical therapies
Signs of anxiety includes? .....ANSWER.....impending doom, chest
tightness, increased blood pressure
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Lamictal(lamotrigine) .....ANSWER.....Used to treat bipolar
disorder and can cause a rash called steven-Johnson syndrome
Celexa (citalopram) used to treat? .....ANSWER.....depression
Citalopram and selegiline should? .....ANSWER.....not be
combined. It can cause serotonin syndrome. Signs include
confusion, hallucination, seizure, changes in blood pressure,
increased heart rate, blurred vision, tremor, nausea, vomiting,
and diarrhea. Severe cases may result in coma or death
Fluvoxamine (Luvox) used to treat? .....ANSWER.....OCD
(obsessive compulsive disorder) side effects are sexual
dysfunction and suicidal thinking
Obsessions are what? .....ANSWER.....what they think thoughts
A compulsion is what? .....ANSWER.....what they do actions
FINAL EXAM: PRN 1562 / PRN1562 (LATEST 2025
UPDATES STUDY BUNDLE WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS)
PRINCIPLES OF MENTAL HEALTH NURSING EXAM
REVIEWS | QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS |
RASMUSSEN
Interventions when a client is at risk for suicide?
.....ANSWER.....Remove shoestrings, curtain Rods and glass items.
Give the client plastic wear to eat with.
Signs of a bipolar manic episode? .....ANSWER.....Risky behavior,
high self esteem
When a client is manic the best therapeutic communication is?
.....ANSWER.....calm but firm, be consistent, short explanations,
redirect energy, Identify expectations and consequences.
Mini mental statues exam (MMSE) is used to?
.....ANSWER.....assess dementia by assessing the client's cognitive
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status through a series of questions such as: word recall and
following directions such as drawing a clock face
Clients are at higher risk for suicide if? .....ANSWER.....they have
a family history or is abused
Compassion fatigue (Secondary Traumatic Stress)
.....ANSWER.....emotional effect that nurses and other health care
workers may experience by being indirectly traumatized when
helping or trying to help a person who has experienced primary
traumatic stress
Restraints are used if? .....ANSWER.....-patient is a danger to
themselves or others
-patient is interfering with medical therapies
Signs of anxiety includes? .....ANSWER.....impending doom, chest
tightness, increased blood pressure
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Lamictal(lamotrigine) .....ANSWER.....Used to treat bipolar
disorder and can cause a rash called steven-Johnson syndrome
Celexa (citalopram) used to treat? .....ANSWER.....depression
Citalopram and selegiline should? .....ANSWER.....not be
combined. It can cause serotonin syndrome. Signs include
confusion, hallucination, seizure, changes in blood pressure,
increased heart rate, blurred vision, tremor, nausea, vomiting,
and diarrhea. Severe cases may result in coma or death
Fluvoxamine (Luvox) used to treat? .....ANSWER.....OCD
(obsessive compulsive disorder) side effects are sexual
dysfunction and suicidal thinking
Obsessions are what? .....ANSWER.....what they think thoughts
A compulsion is what? .....ANSWER.....what they do actions
