MENTAL AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH NURSING
EXAM 2 ACTUAL ASSESSMENT 2026 VIEW
AHEAD QUESTIONS SOLUTION
◉ ideas that are related to one another based on sound or rhyming
rather than meaning. Answer: Clang associations
◉ words invented by the client. Answer: Neologisms
◉ a combination of jumbled words and phrases that are
disconnected or incoherent and make no sense to the listener.
Answer: A word salad is:
◉ Injustice that must be remedied by legal action Answer: Which is
the central focus of persecutory delusions?
◉ oculogyric crisis. Answer: A nurse is caring for a hospitalized
client who has schizophrenia. The client has been taking
antipsychotic medications for 1 week when the nurse observes that
the client's eyes are fixed on the ceiling. The nurse interprets this
finding as:
,◉ suicide Answer: When developing the plan of care for a client with
schizophrenia who is in the acute phase of illness, the nurse
understands that the client is at high risk for what?
◉ Clients are often misdiagnosed as having schizophrenia. Answer:
A psychiatric-mental health nurse is conducting a review class for a
group of colleagues about schizoaffective disorder. The nurse
determines that the class was successful based on which description
of the condition by the group?
◉ Depression Answer: The nurse is caring for a client with somatic
symptom disorder. When assessing this client, the nurse would be
especially alert for symptoms of what?
◉ The etiology is unknown Answer: Which statement about the
etiology of somatic symptom disorder is accurate?
◉ "It means that stress and/or emotions are causing your
symptoms." Answer: The client asks the nurse, "What does having
psychosomatic symptoms mean?" What is the nurse's best reply?
◉ Conversion disorder Answer: Which disorder is characterized by
unexplained, sudden deficits in sensory or motor function?
◉ -The client is preoccupied with the self.
, -The client reports having visited many physicians or hospitals.
-The client is reluctant to participate in psychiatric treatment
programs. Answer: A nurse is assessing a client with
hypochondriasis. Which signs could the nurse expect to find in the
client? Select all that apply.
◉ Manifestation of physical symptoms from psychological distress
Answer: Which best describes the concept of somatization?
◉ Malingering Answer: Which occurs when an individual
intentionally produces illness symptoms to avoid work?
◉ Factitious disorder Answer: In which disorder is the individual
motivated solely by the desire to become a health care client?
◉ Illness anxiety disorder Answer: A client who has been having
difficulty functioning in daily life comes to the nurse and states, "I'm
really afraid. I've had these funny feelings in my stomach. I'm scared
that I might have cancer." The client has been seen by numerous
health care professionals and no evidence of cancer has been
demonstrated. The nurse suspects what?
◉ Hypochondriasis Answer: Which mental health disorder is
characterized by a fear of developing a serious illness based on a
misinterpretation of body sensation?
EXAM 2 ACTUAL ASSESSMENT 2026 VIEW
AHEAD QUESTIONS SOLUTION
◉ ideas that are related to one another based on sound or rhyming
rather than meaning. Answer: Clang associations
◉ words invented by the client. Answer: Neologisms
◉ a combination of jumbled words and phrases that are
disconnected or incoherent and make no sense to the listener.
Answer: A word salad is:
◉ Injustice that must be remedied by legal action Answer: Which is
the central focus of persecutory delusions?
◉ oculogyric crisis. Answer: A nurse is caring for a hospitalized
client who has schizophrenia. The client has been taking
antipsychotic medications for 1 week when the nurse observes that
the client's eyes are fixed on the ceiling. The nurse interprets this
finding as:
,◉ suicide Answer: When developing the plan of care for a client with
schizophrenia who is in the acute phase of illness, the nurse
understands that the client is at high risk for what?
◉ Clients are often misdiagnosed as having schizophrenia. Answer:
A psychiatric-mental health nurse is conducting a review class for a
group of colleagues about schizoaffective disorder. The nurse
determines that the class was successful based on which description
of the condition by the group?
◉ Depression Answer: The nurse is caring for a client with somatic
symptom disorder. When assessing this client, the nurse would be
especially alert for symptoms of what?
◉ The etiology is unknown Answer: Which statement about the
etiology of somatic symptom disorder is accurate?
◉ "It means that stress and/or emotions are causing your
symptoms." Answer: The client asks the nurse, "What does having
psychosomatic symptoms mean?" What is the nurse's best reply?
◉ Conversion disorder Answer: Which disorder is characterized by
unexplained, sudden deficits in sensory or motor function?
◉ -The client is preoccupied with the self.
, -The client reports having visited many physicians or hospitals.
-The client is reluctant to participate in psychiatric treatment
programs. Answer: A nurse is assessing a client with
hypochondriasis. Which signs could the nurse expect to find in the
client? Select all that apply.
◉ Manifestation of physical symptoms from psychological distress
Answer: Which best describes the concept of somatization?
◉ Malingering Answer: Which occurs when an individual
intentionally produces illness symptoms to avoid work?
◉ Factitious disorder Answer: In which disorder is the individual
motivated solely by the desire to become a health care client?
◉ Illness anxiety disorder Answer: A client who has been having
difficulty functioning in daily life comes to the nurse and states, "I'm
really afraid. I've had these funny feelings in my stomach. I'm scared
that I might have cancer." The client has been seen by numerous
health care professionals and no evidence of cancer has been
demonstrated. The nurse suspects what?
◉ Hypochondriasis Answer: Which mental health disorder is
characterized by a fear of developing a serious illness based on a
misinterpretation of body sensation?
