NURS 256 MENTAL HEALTH EXAM 3
Questions and Answers Graded A+
A nurse wants to teach alternative coping strategies to a client experiencing severe
anxiety. Which action should the nurse perform first?
a. Verify the client's learning style.
b. Lower the client's current anxiety.
c. Create outcomes and a teaching plan.
d. Assess how the client uses defense mechanisms. - Correct answer-b.
A client checks and rechecks electrical cords related to an obsessive thought that
the house may burn down. The nurse and client explore the likelihood of an actual
fire. The client states this event is not likely. This counseling demonstrates what
appropriate principle of therapy?
a. flooding. b. desensitization. c. relaxation technique. d. cognitive restructuring -
Correct answer-d.
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, A client undergoing diagnostic tests says, "Nothing is wrong with me except a
stubborn chest cold." The spouse reports the client smokes, coughs daily, lost 15
pounds, and is easily fatigued. Which defense mechanism is the client using? a.
Displacement b. Regression c. Projection d. Denial - Correct answer-d.
A client with an abdominal mass is scheduled for a biopsy. The client has difficulty
understanding the nurse's comments and asks, "What do you mean? What are they
going to do?" Assessment findings include tremulous voice, respirations 28, and
pulse 110. What is the client's level of anxiety?
a. Mild b. Moderate c. Severe d. Panic - Correct answer-b.
Moderate anxiety causes the individual to grasp less information and reduces
problem solving ability to a less-than-optimal level.
Mild anxiety heightens attention and enhances problem solving.
Severe anxiety causes great reduction in the perceptual field. Panic-level anxiety
results in disorganized behavior.
A person has minor physical injuries after an auto accident. The person is unable to
focus and says, "I feel like something awful is going to happen." This person has
nausea, dizziness, tachycardia, and hyperventilation. What is the person's level of
anxiety? a. Mild b. Moderate c. Severe d. Panic - Correct answer-c.
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Questions and Answers Graded A+
A nurse wants to teach alternative coping strategies to a client experiencing severe
anxiety. Which action should the nurse perform first?
a. Verify the client's learning style.
b. Lower the client's current anxiety.
c. Create outcomes and a teaching plan.
d. Assess how the client uses defense mechanisms. - Correct answer-b.
A client checks and rechecks electrical cords related to an obsessive thought that
the house may burn down. The nurse and client explore the likelihood of an actual
fire. The client states this event is not likely. This counseling demonstrates what
appropriate principle of therapy?
a. flooding. b. desensitization. c. relaxation technique. d. cognitive restructuring -
Correct answer-d.
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, A client undergoing diagnostic tests says, "Nothing is wrong with me except a
stubborn chest cold." The spouse reports the client smokes, coughs daily, lost 15
pounds, and is easily fatigued. Which defense mechanism is the client using? a.
Displacement b. Regression c. Projection d. Denial - Correct answer-d.
A client with an abdominal mass is scheduled for a biopsy. The client has difficulty
understanding the nurse's comments and asks, "What do you mean? What are they
going to do?" Assessment findings include tremulous voice, respirations 28, and
pulse 110. What is the client's level of anxiety?
a. Mild b. Moderate c. Severe d. Panic - Correct answer-b.
Moderate anxiety causes the individual to grasp less information and reduces
problem solving ability to a less-than-optimal level.
Mild anxiety heightens attention and enhances problem solving.
Severe anxiety causes great reduction in the perceptual field. Panic-level anxiety
results in disorganized behavior.
A person has minor physical injuries after an auto accident. The person is unable to
focus and says, "I feel like something awful is going to happen." This person has
nausea, dizziness, tachycardia, and hyperventilation. What is the person's level of
anxiety? a. Mild b. Moderate c. Severe d. Panic - Correct answer-c.
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