|ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
Question 1
A nurse in a mental health clinic is assessing a client who states, "I don't think my
gambling is as big of a problem as my friends think it is." which of the following findings
should the nurse identify as meeting the diagnostic criteria of gambling disorder?
A. The client makes no attempts to stop gambling.
B. The client gambles when feeling happy or enthusiastic.
C. The client gambles the same amount of money each week.
D. The client asks others for money to compensate for gambling losses.
CORRECT ANSWER
The client asks others for money to compensate for gambling losses.
Question 2
One of the diagnostic criteria for this is a reliance on others to provide money to help with
negative financial situations that are a direct result of gambling losses. According to the
american psychiatric association, a diagnosis of this requires that the client's behavior
meets four of the defined criteria over the period of the past 12 months.
CORRECT ANSWER
Gambling disorder
Question 3
A nurse is assessing a client who has schizophrenia. Which of the following manifestations
should the nurse identify as positive symptoms of schizophrenia? Select all that apply.
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,A. Magical thinking.
B. Clang association.
C. Auditory hallucinations.
D. Flat affect.
E. Emotional ambivalence.
CORRECT ANSWER
Magical thinking.
Clang association.
Auditory hallucinations.
Question 4
The nurse should identify that magical thinking, or the belief that one's thoughts affect
others, is a positive symptom of this disorder.
CORRECT ANSWER
Schizophrenia manifestation
Question 5
The nurse should identify that clang association, or choosing words based on their sounds,
is a positive symptom of this disorder.
CORRECT ANSWER
Schizophrenia manifestation
Question 6
The nurse should identify that experiencing auditory hallucinations, or hearing voices or
sounds that do not exist, is a positive symptom of this disorder.
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,CORRECT ANSWER
Schizophrenia manifestation
Question 7
The nurse is assessing a client who has end stage COPD. Which of the following images
should the nurse identify as a late manifestation of this terminal illness?
A. Flexion or contraction of the joints.
B. Swan neck deformation.
C. Tophi, related to chronic gout.
D. Digital clubbing.
CORRECT ANSWER
Digital clubbing
Question 8
The nurse should identify digital clubbing when assessing a client who has this disorder.
CORRECT ANSWER
Late manifestation of COPD
Question 9
Evidence of decreased arterial oxygen levels, which occurs over time and is evident as a
late manifestation of COPD.
CORRECT ANSWER
Digital clubbing
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, Question 10
A nurse in an ED is assessing a newly admitted client. The nurse should identify that which
of the following findings is a manifestation of acute cocaine toxicity?
A. Hypotension.
B. Pinpoint pupils.
C. Agitation.
D. Hypothermia.
CORRECT ANSWER
Agitation
Question 11
Agitation, dizziness, and tremor.
CORRECT ANSWER
Acute cocaine toxicity s/s
Question 12
Can cause convulsions and myocardial infarction.
CORRECT ANSWER
Severe cocaine toxicity
Question 13
A CNS stimulant
CORRECT ANSWER
Cocaine
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Question 1
A nurse in a mental health clinic is assessing a client who states, "I don't think my
gambling is as big of a problem as my friends think it is." which of the following findings
should the nurse identify as meeting the diagnostic criteria of gambling disorder?
A. The client makes no attempts to stop gambling.
B. The client gambles when feeling happy or enthusiastic.
C. The client gambles the same amount of money each week.
D. The client asks others for money to compensate for gambling losses.
CORRECT ANSWER
The client asks others for money to compensate for gambling losses.
Question 2
One of the diagnostic criteria for this is a reliance on others to provide money to help with
negative financial situations that are a direct result of gambling losses. According to the
american psychiatric association, a diagnosis of this requires that the client's behavior
meets four of the defined criteria over the period of the past 12 months.
CORRECT ANSWER
Gambling disorder
Question 3
A nurse is assessing a client who has schizophrenia. Which of the following manifestations
should the nurse identify as positive symptoms of schizophrenia? Select all that apply.
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,A. Magical thinking.
B. Clang association.
C. Auditory hallucinations.
D. Flat affect.
E. Emotional ambivalence.
CORRECT ANSWER
Magical thinking.
Clang association.
Auditory hallucinations.
Question 4
The nurse should identify that magical thinking, or the belief that one's thoughts affect
others, is a positive symptom of this disorder.
CORRECT ANSWER
Schizophrenia manifestation
Question 5
The nurse should identify that clang association, or choosing words based on their sounds,
is a positive symptom of this disorder.
CORRECT ANSWER
Schizophrenia manifestation
Question 6
The nurse should identify that experiencing auditory hallucinations, or hearing voices or
sounds that do not exist, is a positive symptom of this disorder.
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,CORRECT ANSWER
Schizophrenia manifestation
Question 7
The nurse is assessing a client who has end stage COPD. Which of the following images
should the nurse identify as a late manifestation of this terminal illness?
A. Flexion or contraction of the joints.
B. Swan neck deformation.
C. Tophi, related to chronic gout.
D. Digital clubbing.
CORRECT ANSWER
Digital clubbing
Question 8
The nurse should identify digital clubbing when assessing a client who has this disorder.
CORRECT ANSWER
Late manifestation of COPD
Question 9
Evidence of decreased arterial oxygen levels, which occurs over time and is evident as a
late manifestation of COPD.
CORRECT ANSWER
Digital clubbing
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, Question 10
A nurse in an ED is assessing a newly admitted client. The nurse should identify that which
of the following findings is a manifestation of acute cocaine toxicity?
A. Hypotension.
B. Pinpoint pupils.
C. Agitation.
D. Hypothermia.
CORRECT ANSWER
Agitation
Question 11
Agitation, dizziness, and tremor.
CORRECT ANSWER
Acute cocaine toxicity s/s
Question 12
Can cause convulsions and myocardial infarction.
CORRECT ANSWER
Severe cocaine toxicity
Question 13
A CNS stimulant
CORRECT ANSWER
Cocaine
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