NSG-3450: Mental Health -Exam #4
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Which statement demonstrates a well-structured attempt at limit setting? - Answer a.
"Hitting me when you are angry is unacceptable."
Which activity is most appropriate for a child with ADHD? - Answer d. Tennis
Cognitive-behavioral therapy is going well when a 12-year-old patient in therapy reports to the
nurse practitioner: - Answer b. "I thought that everyone at school hated me. That's not true.
Most people like me and I have a friend named Todd."
What assessment question should the nurse ask when attempting to determine a teenager's
mental health resilience? Select all that apply. - Answer a. "How did you cope when your
father deployed with the Army for a year in Iraq?"
b. "Who did you go to for advice while your father was away for a year in Iraq?"
d. "Where do you see yourself in 10 years?"
Which factors tend to increase the difficulty of diagnosing young children who demonstrate
behaviors associated with mental illness? Select all that apply. - Answer a. Limited language
skills
b. Level of cognitive development
c. Level of emotional development
Pam, the nurse educator, is teaching a new nurse about seclusion and restraint. Order the
following interventions from least (1) to most (5) restrictive: - Answer (1) a. With the patient,
identify the behaviors that are unacceptable and consequences associated with harmful
behaviors
(2) d. Offering a PRN medication by mouth
(3) c. Allowing the patient to take a time-out and sit in his or her room
(4) e. Placing the patient in a locked seclusion room
(5) b. Placing the patient in physical restraints
In pediatric mental health, there is a lack of sufficient numbers of community-based resources
and providers, and there are long waiting lists for services. This has resulted in: Select all that
apply. - Answer a. Children of color and poor economic conditions being underserved
b. Increased stress in the family unit
, d. Premature termination of services
Child protective services have removed 10-year-old Christopher from his parents' home due to
neglect. Christopher reveals to the nurse that he considers the woman next door his "nice"
mom, that he loves school, and gets above average grades. The strongest explanation of this
response is: - Answer c. Resilience
April, a 10-year-old admitted to inpatient pediatric care, has been getting more and more
wound up and is losing self-control in the day room. Time-out does not appear to be an
effective tool for April to engage in self-reflection. April's mother admits to putting her in time-
out up to 20 times a day. The nurse recognizes that: - Answer b. Time-out is no longer an
effective therapeutic measure.
Adolescents often display fluctuations in mood along with undeveloped emotional regulation
and poor tolerance for frustration. Emotional and behavioral control usually increases over the
course of adolescence due to: - Answer b. Cerebellum maturation
Which characteristics suggest a man is experiencing the prodromal phase of schizophrenia?
Select all that apply. - Answer a. Always afraid that others will steal his belongings.
b. Displays unusual interest in numbers and specific topics.
c. Has increasingly unusual thoughts and uses words oddly.
d. Demonstrates increasing difficulty with concentration.
Which nursing interventions are particularly well chosen for addressing a population at high risk
for developing schizophrenia? Select all that apply. - Answer a. Screening 15- to 25-year-olds
for early symptoms.
c. Teaching ways to cope and build resiliency.
d. Educating about the risk of psychosis with marijuana use.
To provide effective care for the patient who is taking a second-generation antipsychotic, the
nurse should frequently assess for - Answer e. Metabolic syndrome
A female patient diagnosed with schizophrenia has been prescribed a first-generation
antipsychotic medication. What information should the nurse provide to the patient regarding
her signs and symptoms? - Answer d. She should experience a reduction in hallucinations.
Which characteristic presents the greatest risk for injury to others by the patient diagnosed with
schizophrenia? - Answer d. Paranoia
Latest Questions with Accurate
Answers (2025-2026) Updated.
Which statement demonstrates a well-structured attempt at limit setting? - Answer a.
"Hitting me when you are angry is unacceptable."
Which activity is most appropriate for a child with ADHD? - Answer d. Tennis
Cognitive-behavioral therapy is going well when a 12-year-old patient in therapy reports to the
nurse practitioner: - Answer b. "I thought that everyone at school hated me. That's not true.
Most people like me and I have a friend named Todd."
What assessment question should the nurse ask when attempting to determine a teenager's
mental health resilience? Select all that apply. - Answer a. "How did you cope when your
father deployed with the Army for a year in Iraq?"
b. "Who did you go to for advice while your father was away for a year in Iraq?"
d. "Where do you see yourself in 10 years?"
Which factors tend to increase the difficulty of diagnosing young children who demonstrate
behaviors associated with mental illness? Select all that apply. - Answer a. Limited language
skills
b. Level of cognitive development
c. Level of emotional development
Pam, the nurse educator, is teaching a new nurse about seclusion and restraint. Order the
following interventions from least (1) to most (5) restrictive: - Answer (1) a. With the patient,
identify the behaviors that are unacceptable and consequences associated with harmful
behaviors
(2) d. Offering a PRN medication by mouth
(3) c. Allowing the patient to take a time-out and sit in his or her room
(4) e. Placing the patient in a locked seclusion room
(5) b. Placing the patient in physical restraints
In pediatric mental health, there is a lack of sufficient numbers of community-based resources
and providers, and there are long waiting lists for services. This has resulted in: Select all that
apply. - Answer a. Children of color and poor economic conditions being underserved
b. Increased stress in the family unit
, d. Premature termination of services
Child protective services have removed 10-year-old Christopher from his parents' home due to
neglect. Christopher reveals to the nurse that he considers the woman next door his "nice"
mom, that he loves school, and gets above average grades. The strongest explanation of this
response is: - Answer c. Resilience
April, a 10-year-old admitted to inpatient pediatric care, has been getting more and more
wound up and is losing self-control in the day room. Time-out does not appear to be an
effective tool for April to engage in self-reflection. April's mother admits to putting her in time-
out up to 20 times a day. The nurse recognizes that: - Answer b. Time-out is no longer an
effective therapeutic measure.
Adolescents often display fluctuations in mood along with undeveloped emotional regulation
and poor tolerance for frustration. Emotional and behavioral control usually increases over the
course of adolescence due to: - Answer b. Cerebellum maturation
Which characteristics suggest a man is experiencing the prodromal phase of schizophrenia?
Select all that apply. - Answer a. Always afraid that others will steal his belongings.
b. Displays unusual interest in numbers and specific topics.
c. Has increasingly unusual thoughts and uses words oddly.
d. Demonstrates increasing difficulty with concentration.
Which nursing interventions are particularly well chosen for addressing a population at high risk
for developing schizophrenia? Select all that apply. - Answer a. Screening 15- to 25-year-olds
for early symptoms.
c. Teaching ways to cope and build resiliency.
d. Educating about the risk of psychosis with marijuana use.
To provide effective care for the patient who is taking a second-generation antipsychotic, the
nurse should frequently assess for - Answer e. Metabolic syndrome
A female patient diagnosed with schizophrenia has been prescribed a first-generation
antipsychotic medication. What information should the nurse provide to the patient regarding
her signs and symptoms? - Answer d. She should experience a reduction in hallucinations.
Which characteristic presents the greatest risk for injury to others by the patient diagnosed with
schizophrenia? - Answer d. Paranoia
