MID-TERM MENTAL HEALTH EXAM QUESTIONS
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A psychiatric-mental health nurse is providing care for a client with
a mental disorder. The client is participating in the decision-making process. The nurse
interprets this as which component of recovery?
A) Self-direction
B) Collaborative
C) Person-centered
D) Holistic - ANSWER B) Collaborative
A nurse is explaining recovery to the family of a client diagnosed with a mental
disorder. Which statement would be most appropriate for the nurse to include about this
process?
A) "It is a step-by-step process from being ill to being well."
B) "The client focuses mainly on the emotional aspects of their condition."
C) "The client is helped to live a meaningful life to their fullest potential."
D) "Although peer support is important, self-acceptance is essential." - ANSWER C)
"The client is helped to live a meaningful life to their fullest potential."
When assessing a client with a mental illness, the nurse determines that the client is
experiencing label avoidance when the client states which of the following?
A) "I'm the cause of my illness."
B) "I'll never be able to function in the world."
C) "I'm as crazy as everybody thinks I am."
D) "I really don't need to see anyone." - ANSWER D) "I really don't need to see
anyone."
A psychiatric mental health nurse is working with a client who is being treated for
depression. Which client statement would indicate that their spirituality is intact?
A) "My church friends came to visit me this past Sunday afternoon."
B) "Nothing will ever be the same again; my life is not worth living."
C) "I know I am as well off as I can be under the circumstances."
D) "I know God must be punishing me for all my sins." - ANSWER C) "I know I am as
well off as I can be under the circumstances."
, A client is being treated for prostate cancer; his prognosis is very poor. The client has a
strong faith, and he has been active in his church for many years. He is concerned
about his health and the challenges he faces as his cancer progresses.Which comment
by the nurse reflects the Most appropriate spiritual nursing intervention for the client?
A) "I'll take you to visit my church if you can get a pass."
B) "You have to belong to the same church I do if you're going to go to heaven."
C) "Would you like me to bring you a guided imagery audiotape?"
D) "We can pray together if you'd like." - ANSWER D) "We can pray together if you'd
like."
During assessment, a client tells the nurse that he follows Buddhist beliefs. The nurse
would integrate understanding of which statement when developing the client's plan of
care?
A) Desire is the cause of all human suffering and misery.
B) Self-indulgence is necessary to reach nirvana.
C) Present behavior is based on current unhappiness.
D) Visions can be achieved through personal meditation and contemplation. - ANSWER
A) Desire is the cause of all human suffering and misery.
After educating a group of students on the beliefs associated with the world's major
religions, the instructor determines that additional teaching is needed when the students
identify which beliefs are associated with Confucianism?
A) People are born good.
B) People are assigned to castes.
C) Authority figures are respected.
D) Self-responsibility leads to improvement. - ANSWER A) People are born good.
A psychiatric-mental health client has an advance care directive on their medical record.
A clinician provides treatment that disregards the client's directive. The clinician would
be liable for which of the following?
A) Assault
B) Battery
C) Medical battery
D) False imprisonment - ANSWER C) Medical battery
A group of nursing students is reviewing information about Freud's personality structure.
The students demonstrate understanding of this information when they identify the
ability to form mutually satisfying relationships as a function of aspect?
A) Defense mechanisms
B) Unconscious
C) Id
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A psychiatric-mental health nurse is providing care for a client with
a mental disorder. The client is participating in the decision-making process. The nurse
interprets this as which component of recovery?
A) Self-direction
B) Collaborative
C) Person-centered
D) Holistic - ANSWER B) Collaborative
A nurse is explaining recovery to the family of a client diagnosed with a mental
disorder. Which statement would be most appropriate for the nurse to include about this
process?
A) "It is a step-by-step process from being ill to being well."
B) "The client focuses mainly on the emotional aspects of their condition."
C) "The client is helped to live a meaningful life to their fullest potential."
D) "Although peer support is important, self-acceptance is essential." - ANSWER C)
"The client is helped to live a meaningful life to their fullest potential."
When assessing a client with a mental illness, the nurse determines that the client is
experiencing label avoidance when the client states which of the following?
A) "I'm the cause of my illness."
B) "I'll never be able to function in the world."
C) "I'm as crazy as everybody thinks I am."
D) "I really don't need to see anyone." - ANSWER D) "I really don't need to see
anyone."
A psychiatric mental health nurse is working with a client who is being treated for
depression. Which client statement would indicate that their spirituality is intact?
A) "My church friends came to visit me this past Sunday afternoon."
B) "Nothing will ever be the same again; my life is not worth living."
C) "I know I am as well off as I can be under the circumstances."
D) "I know God must be punishing me for all my sins." - ANSWER C) "I know I am as
well off as I can be under the circumstances."
, A client is being treated for prostate cancer; his prognosis is very poor. The client has a
strong faith, and he has been active in his church for many years. He is concerned
about his health and the challenges he faces as his cancer progresses.Which comment
by the nurse reflects the Most appropriate spiritual nursing intervention for the client?
A) "I'll take you to visit my church if you can get a pass."
B) "You have to belong to the same church I do if you're going to go to heaven."
C) "Would you like me to bring you a guided imagery audiotape?"
D) "We can pray together if you'd like." - ANSWER D) "We can pray together if you'd
like."
During assessment, a client tells the nurse that he follows Buddhist beliefs. The nurse
would integrate understanding of which statement when developing the client's plan of
care?
A) Desire is the cause of all human suffering and misery.
B) Self-indulgence is necessary to reach nirvana.
C) Present behavior is based on current unhappiness.
D) Visions can be achieved through personal meditation and contemplation. - ANSWER
A) Desire is the cause of all human suffering and misery.
After educating a group of students on the beliefs associated with the world's major
religions, the instructor determines that additional teaching is needed when the students
identify which beliefs are associated with Confucianism?
A) People are born good.
B) People are assigned to castes.
C) Authority figures are respected.
D) Self-responsibility leads to improvement. - ANSWER A) People are born good.
A psychiatric-mental health client has an advance care directive on their medical record.
A clinician provides treatment that disregards the client's directive. The clinician would
be liable for which of the following?
A) Assault
B) Battery
C) Medical battery
D) False imprisonment - ANSWER C) Medical battery
A group of nursing students is reviewing information about Freud's personality structure.
The students demonstrate understanding of this information when they identify the
ability to form mutually satisfying relationships as a function of aspect?
A) Defense mechanisms
B) Unconscious
C) Id
