MENTAL HEALTH NURSING PSYCHOSIS
2026/2027 WITH 114 QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS RATED A+
Which medication is the first choice drug for the treatment of attention deficit
hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)?
Methylphenidate
While watching television in the dayroom, a client who has demonstrated
withdrawn, regressed behavior suddenly screams, bursts into tears, and runs
from the room to the far end of the hallway. What is the most therapeutic
intervention by the nurse?
Walking to the end of the hallway where the client is standing
A nurse is caring for several clients with major thought disorders such as
schizophrenia. They are all being treated with neuroleptic drugs. How do these
drugs act in the body to promote mental health?
By blocking access to dopamine receptors at the postsynaptic receptor site
Which condition contraindicates the use of ginseng herbal therapy?
Preggo
Which condition is contraindicated for St. John's wort herbal therapy?
Dementia
Which second-generation antidepressant can worsen uncontrolled angle closure
glaucoma?
Duloxetine
During a one-on-one interaction with a client with paranoid-type schizophrenia,
the client says to the nurse, "I've figured out how foreign agents have infiltrated
,the news media. They want to shut me up before I spill the beans." How should
the nurse describe this statement when documenting this client's response?
Delusions of persecution
What is the best drug of choice for treating obsessive-compulsive disorder?
Clomipramine
A male client with a history of schizophrenia comes to the emergency
department, accompanied by his wife. What is the emergency department nurse's
priority intervention?
Observing and evaluating his behavior
Which antidepressant drug is a selective monoamine oxidase-B inhibitor?
Selegiline
When a newly admitted client with paranoid ideation tells the nurse about people
coming through the doors to commit murder, what should the nurse do?
Listen to what the client is saying.
Which drug may lead to bruxism?
Levomilnacipran
A nurse is preparing a teaching plan to educate a relative of a client with
schizophrenia about the early signs of relapse. What signs should the nurse plan
to include? Select all that apply.
Appearing disheveled
Staying alone in the house
Exhibiting indifference to family activities
A nurse is caring for a client with the diagnosis of schizophrenia. What should the
nurse plan to do to increase the self-esteem of this client?
reward healthy behaviors
, A client with an obsessive-compulsive disorder continually walks up and down the
hall, touching every other chair. When unable to do this, the client becomes
upset. What should the nurse do?
Allow the behavior to continue for a specified time, letting the client help set the
time limits to be imposed
Which statement is true regarding antipsychotic drugs?
Clozapine is more effective than other second-generation antipsychotics.
Which is a second-generation antidepressant drug?
Citalopram
Which toxic effect would the nurse find in a client who has overdosed on
isocarboxazid?
Circulatory collapse
Which drug most commonly causes extrapyramidal side effects (EPS)?
Haloperidol
After assessing a client, the nurse suspects that the client has shift-work sleep
disorder (SWSD). Which medication would be prescribed to the client?
Modafinil
A psychotic male client is admitted to the hospital for evaluation. While obtaining
the history, the nurse asks why he was brought to the hospital by his parents. The
client states, "They lied about me. They said I murdered my mother. You killed
her. She died before I was born." What does the nurse recognize that the client is
experiencing?
Persecutory delusions
Which drugs are considered typical antipsychotics? Select all that apply.
Thioridazine
Chlorpromazine
Which antipsychotic drugs have the higher risk of causing tardive dyskinesia?
Select all that apply.
2026/2027 WITH 114 QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS RATED A+
Which medication is the first choice drug for the treatment of attention deficit
hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)?
Methylphenidate
While watching television in the dayroom, a client who has demonstrated
withdrawn, regressed behavior suddenly screams, bursts into tears, and runs
from the room to the far end of the hallway. What is the most therapeutic
intervention by the nurse?
Walking to the end of the hallway where the client is standing
A nurse is caring for several clients with major thought disorders such as
schizophrenia. They are all being treated with neuroleptic drugs. How do these
drugs act in the body to promote mental health?
By blocking access to dopamine receptors at the postsynaptic receptor site
Which condition contraindicates the use of ginseng herbal therapy?
Preggo
Which condition is contraindicated for St. John's wort herbal therapy?
Dementia
Which second-generation antidepressant can worsen uncontrolled angle closure
glaucoma?
Duloxetine
During a one-on-one interaction with a client with paranoid-type schizophrenia,
the client says to the nurse, "I've figured out how foreign agents have infiltrated
,the news media. They want to shut me up before I spill the beans." How should
the nurse describe this statement when documenting this client's response?
Delusions of persecution
What is the best drug of choice for treating obsessive-compulsive disorder?
Clomipramine
A male client with a history of schizophrenia comes to the emergency
department, accompanied by his wife. What is the emergency department nurse's
priority intervention?
Observing and evaluating his behavior
Which antidepressant drug is a selective monoamine oxidase-B inhibitor?
Selegiline
When a newly admitted client with paranoid ideation tells the nurse about people
coming through the doors to commit murder, what should the nurse do?
Listen to what the client is saying.
Which drug may lead to bruxism?
Levomilnacipran
A nurse is preparing a teaching plan to educate a relative of a client with
schizophrenia about the early signs of relapse. What signs should the nurse plan
to include? Select all that apply.
Appearing disheveled
Staying alone in the house
Exhibiting indifference to family activities
A nurse is caring for a client with the diagnosis of schizophrenia. What should the
nurse plan to do to increase the self-esteem of this client?
reward healthy behaviors
, A client with an obsessive-compulsive disorder continually walks up and down the
hall, touching every other chair. When unable to do this, the client becomes
upset. What should the nurse do?
Allow the behavior to continue for a specified time, letting the client help set the
time limits to be imposed
Which statement is true regarding antipsychotic drugs?
Clozapine is more effective than other second-generation antipsychotics.
Which is a second-generation antidepressant drug?
Citalopram
Which toxic effect would the nurse find in a client who has overdosed on
isocarboxazid?
Circulatory collapse
Which drug most commonly causes extrapyramidal side effects (EPS)?
Haloperidol
After assessing a client, the nurse suspects that the client has shift-work sleep
disorder (SWSD). Which medication would be prescribed to the client?
Modafinil
A psychotic male client is admitted to the hospital for evaluation. While obtaining
the history, the nurse asks why he was brought to the hospital by his parents. The
client states, "They lied about me. They said I murdered my mother. You killed
her. She died before I was born." What does the nurse recognize that the client is
experiencing?
Persecutory delusions
Which drugs are considered typical antipsychotics? Select all that apply.
Thioridazine
Chlorpromazine
Which antipsychotic drugs have the higher risk of causing tardive dyskinesia?
Select all that apply.
