NSG 3450 Mental Health Exam 1 Practice
Questions And Correct Answers
➢ Recognizing the frequency of depression among the American population, the nurse should
advocate for which mental health promotion intervention? Chapter 1 - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✨-Providing regular depression screening for adolescent and teenage students
➢ Which statement made by a patient demonstrates a healthy degree of resilience? Select all that
apply. Chapter 1 - CORRECT ANSWER✔✨-a. "I try to remember not to take other people's bad
moods personally."
b. "I've learned to calm down before trying to defend my opinions."
c. "I know that discussing issues with my boss would help me get my point across.
➢ When considering stigmatization, which statement made by the nurse demonstrates a need for
immediate intervention by the nurse manager? Chapter 1 - CORRECT ANSWER✔✨-"My
experience has been that the Irish have a problem with alcohol use."
➢ A nursing student new to psychiatric-mental health nursing asks a peer what resources he can
use to figure out which symptoms are present in a specific psychiatric disorder. The best answer
would be? Chapter 1 - CORRECT ANSWER✔✨-DSM
➢ Epidemiological studies contribute to improvements in care for individuals with mental
disorders by? Chapter 1 - CORRECT ANSWER✔✨-a. Identifying risk factors that contribute to
the development of a disorder.
b. Identifying which individuals will respond favorably to a specific treatment.
➢ Which of the following activities would be considered nursing care and appropriate to be
performed by a basic level nurse for a patient suffering from mental illness? Chapter 1 -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✨-Teaching coping skills for a specific family dynamic
➢ Which statement about mental illness is true? Chapter 1 - CORRECT ANSWER✔✨-Mental
illness changes with culture, time in history, political systems, and the groups defining it.
, ➢ A male patient reports to the nurse, "I'm told I have memories of childhood abuse stored in my
unconscious mind. I want to work on this." Based on this statement, what information should
the nurse provide the patient? Chapter 2 - CORRECT ANSWER✔✨-To seek the help of a
trained therapist to help uncover and deal with the trauma associated with those memories.
➢ Which question should the nurse ask when assessing what Sullivan's Interpersonal Theory
identifies as the most painful human condition? Chapter 2 - CORRECT ANSWER✔✨-"Do you
think of yourself as being lonely?"
➢ When discussing therapy options, the nurse should provide information about interpersonal
therapy to which patient? Select all that apply. Chapter 2 - CORRECT ANSWER✔✨-a. The
teenager who is the focus of bullying at school
b. The older woman who has just lost her life partner to cancer
c. The middle-aged adult who recently discovered her partner has been unfaithful
➢ Which action reflects therapeutic practices associated with operant conditioning? Chapter 2 -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✨-Acknowledging a patient who is often verbally aggressive for
complimenting a picture another patient drew
➢ A nurse is assessing a patient who graduated at the top of his class but now obsesses about
being incompetent in his new job. The nurse recognizes that this patient may benefit from which
of the following type of psychotherapy? Chapter 2 - CORRECT ANSWER✔✨-Cognitive
behavioral
➢ In an outpatient psychiatric clinic, a nurse notices that a newly admitted young male patient
smiles when he sees her. One day the young man tells the nurse, "You are pretty like my
mother." The nurse recognizes that the male is exhibiting? Chapter 2 - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✨-Transference
Questions And Correct Answers
➢ Recognizing the frequency of depression among the American population, the nurse should
advocate for which mental health promotion intervention? Chapter 1 - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✨-Providing regular depression screening for adolescent and teenage students
➢ Which statement made by a patient demonstrates a healthy degree of resilience? Select all that
apply. Chapter 1 - CORRECT ANSWER✔✨-a. "I try to remember not to take other people's bad
moods personally."
b. "I've learned to calm down before trying to defend my opinions."
c. "I know that discussing issues with my boss would help me get my point across.
➢ When considering stigmatization, which statement made by the nurse demonstrates a need for
immediate intervention by the nurse manager? Chapter 1 - CORRECT ANSWER✔✨-"My
experience has been that the Irish have a problem with alcohol use."
➢ A nursing student new to psychiatric-mental health nursing asks a peer what resources he can
use to figure out which symptoms are present in a specific psychiatric disorder. The best answer
would be? Chapter 1 - CORRECT ANSWER✔✨-DSM
➢ Epidemiological studies contribute to improvements in care for individuals with mental
disorders by? Chapter 1 - CORRECT ANSWER✔✨-a. Identifying risk factors that contribute to
the development of a disorder.
b. Identifying which individuals will respond favorably to a specific treatment.
➢ Which of the following activities would be considered nursing care and appropriate to be
performed by a basic level nurse for a patient suffering from mental illness? Chapter 1 -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✨-Teaching coping skills for a specific family dynamic
➢ Which statement about mental illness is true? Chapter 1 - CORRECT ANSWER✔✨-Mental
illness changes with culture, time in history, political systems, and the groups defining it.
, ➢ A male patient reports to the nurse, "I'm told I have memories of childhood abuse stored in my
unconscious mind. I want to work on this." Based on this statement, what information should
the nurse provide the patient? Chapter 2 - CORRECT ANSWER✔✨-To seek the help of a
trained therapist to help uncover and deal with the trauma associated with those memories.
➢ Which question should the nurse ask when assessing what Sullivan's Interpersonal Theory
identifies as the most painful human condition? Chapter 2 - CORRECT ANSWER✔✨-"Do you
think of yourself as being lonely?"
➢ When discussing therapy options, the nurse should provide information about interpersonal
therapy to which patient? Select all that apply. Chapter 2 - CORRECT ANSWER✔✨-a. The
teenager who is the focus of bullying at school
b. The older woman who has just lost her life partner to cancer
c. The middle-aged adult who recently discovered her partner has been unfaithful
➢ Which action reflects therapeutic practices associated with operant conditioning? Chapter 2 -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✨-Acknowledging a patient who is often verbally aggressive for
complimenting a picture another patient drew
➢ A nurse is assessing a patient who graduated at the top of his class but now obsesses about
being incompetent in his new job. The nurse recognizes that this patient may benefit from which
of the following type of psychotherapy? Chapter 2 - CORRECT ANSWER✔✨-Cognitive
behavioral
➢ In an outpatient psychiatric clinic, a nurse notices that a newly admitted young male patient
smiles when he sees her. One day the young man tells the nurse, "You are pretty like my
mother." The nurse recognizes that the male is exhibiting? Chapter 2 - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✨-Transference
