MENTAL HEALTH NP Exam Study
Guide – Practice Questions with
Verified Answers. GRADED A+.
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Your patient, whose wife died a few months ago, appears to be very unkempt and
apathetic. Although several months have passed since his wife's death he has not
progressed at all through his grieving. You assess this condition as which of the
following?
disenfranchised grief panic disorder complicated
grief physiologic grief - - Answer✔✔--
complicated grief
A person has uncomplicated grief when he or she has normal physical,
psychological, cognitive and spiritual responses to the death of a significant other.
But when the person shows persistent maladaptive behaviors such as not taking
care of personal hygiene and/or appearance and does not progress through the
mourning process, this is complicated grief.
If a patient has had a myocardial infarction, which of the following atypical
antidepressants should not be prescribed within the recovery phase?
Trazodone
Duloxetine
Bupropion
Desvenlafaxine - - Answer✔✔--
Trazodone
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If a patient has had a myocardial infarction, during the recovery phase, the patient
should not be prescribed this medication. Trazodone (Desyrel) can cause the
patient to develop orthostatic hypotension and priapism.
To get your teaching ideas and concepts across to a poor reader which of the
following would be most appropriate?
Use longer sentences.
Use abstract concepts.
Discourage questioning.
Use examples and review. - - Answer✔✔--
Use examples and review.
To get the idea across to a poor reader use examples and review. The other
choices are not helpful. You should use short sentences and easy to read layouts;
be concrete rather than abstract; and teach them how
to ask questions about their health. Also, tell context first and use visual, use
common words and examples, and explain meaning.
A 21-year old woman presents with complaints of milky discharge from her
breasts. She doesn't have any other symptoms and is not pregnant, nor has been
before. She tells the nurse about each medication that she takes. Which of these
drugs may be implicated as the cause of the symptom?
aspirin
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Lamotrigine Risperidone sertraline - -
Answer✔✔--
Risperidone
Risperidone can cause the greatest prolactin elevation among atypical psychotics.
A milky white discharge known as galactorrhea could be a sign of an underlying
condition. The fact that the woman takes Risperidone, an atypical antipsychotic,
would likely point to the cause and should be switched with one less likely to have
that same side effect.
Which of the following would be considered one of the main things that is
responsible for about 2/3 of psychiatric hospital readmissions?
Not sufficient care.
Medication noncompliance
Biophysical assessments
None of the above - - Answer✔✔--
Medication noncompliance
Medication noncompliance is a major problem with the psychiatric mental health
patients. The home health nurses assists by helping the patients
to see the relationship between their compliance with their medication regimen
and control of their symptoms.
Guide – Practice Questions with
Verified Answers. GRADED A+.
Latest 2026/2027 Update
, lOMoARcPSD|65953097
Your patient, whose wife died a few months ago, appears to be very unkempt and
apathetic. Although several months have passed since his wife's death he has not
progressed at all through his grieving. You assess this condition as which of the
following?
disenfranchised grief panic disorder complicated
grief physiologic grief - - Answer✔✔--
complicated grief
A person has uncomplicated grief when he or she has normal physical,
psychological, cognitive and spiritual responses to the death of a significant other.
But when the person shows persistent maladaptive behaviors such as not taking
care of personal hygiene and/or appearance and does not progress through the
mourning process, this is complicated grief.
If a patient has had a myocardial infarction, which of the following atypical
antidepressants should not be prescribed within the recovery phase?
Trazodone
Duloxetine
Bupropion
Desvenlafaxine - - Answer✔✔--
Trazodone
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If a patient has had a myocardial infarction, during the recovery phase, the patient
should not be prescribed this medication. Trazodone (Desyrel) can cause the
patient to develop orthostatic hypotension and priapism.
To get your teaching ideas and concepts across to a poor reader which of the
following would be most appropriate?
Use longer sentences.
Use abstract concepts.
Discourage questioning.
Use examples and review. - - Answer✔✔--
Use examples and review.
To get the idea across to a poor reader use examples and review. The other
choices are not helpful. You should use short sentences and easy to read layouts;
be concrete rather than abstract; and teach them how
to ask questions about their health. Also, tell context first and use visual, use
common words and examples, and explain meaning.
A 21-year old woman presents with complaints of milky discharge from her
breasts. She doesn't have any other symptoms and is not pregnant, nor has been
before. She tells the nurse about each medication that she takes. Which of these
drugs may be implicated as the cause of the symptom?
aspirin
, lOMoARcPSD|65953097
Lamotrigine Risperidone sertraline - -
Answer✔✔--
Risperidone
Risperidone can cause the greatest prolactin elevation among atypical psychotics.
A milky white discharge known as galactorrhea could be a sign of an underlying
condition. The fact that the woman takes Risperidone, an atypical antipsychotic,
would likely point to the cause and should be switched with one less likely to have
that same side effect.
Which of the following would be considered one of the main things that is
responsible for about 2/3 of psychiatric hospital readmissions?
Not sufficient care.
Medication noncompliance
Biophysical assessments
None of the above - - Answer✔✔--
Medication noncompliance
Medication noncompliance is a major problem with the psychiatric mental health
patients. The home health nurses assists by helping the patients
to see the relationship between their compliance with their medication regimen
and control of their symptoms.
