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STUDENT NAME: ________________________________dd dd DATE: _____________ dd




COURSE: Developmental stages dd dd TIME: _____________ dd




EXAM CODE: NUR 2488 MENTAL HEALTH NURSING EXA
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M ANSWERS-101
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EXAM INSTRUCTIONS: dd



1. Print your full name and date clearly in the header above.
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2. This exam booklet contains both Test Questions (Part I) and Verified Solutions (Part II).
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3. Answer all multiple-choice questions clearly. Double-check your work.
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4. Do not break the seal or open this booklet until instructed to do so by the proctor.
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Q1. A client has died, and the nurse asks a family member about the funeral arrangements. T
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he family member refuses to discuss the issue. Which is the appropriate nursing action?
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[Verified Solution]: Remain with the family member without discussing funeral arrangements.
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Q2. The nurse is assisting to perform a focused data collection process on a client who is com
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plaining of symptoms of a cold, a cough, and lung congestion. Which should the nurse include
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for this type of data collection? Select all that apply.
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[Verified Solution]: Listening to lung sounds 2.Obtaining the client's temperature Obtaining informatio
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n about the client's respirations
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Q3. A client with a diagnosis of asthma is admitted to the hospital with respiratory distress.
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Which signs should the nurse expect to note in the health record when collecting data related t
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o the respiratory system for this client?
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[Verified Solution]: Wheezes and use of accessory muscles
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Q4. The nurse is reviewing the client's health record and notes that the client elicited a positiv
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e Romberg sign. Based on this finding, the nurse should institute which intervention? Select all
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that apply.
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[Verified Solution]: Collect data to determine factors for fall risk. Instruct the client to ask for assistan
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ce when getting up to walk.
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,Q5. The nurse learns in report that a client is exhibiting Cheyne-
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Stokes respirations. Based on this data, which action is most appropriate for the nurse to take
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initially?
[Verified Solution]: Determine the client's ability to follow verbal commands.
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Q6. The nurse notes documentation that a client has conductive hearing loss. The nurse plans
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care knowing that this kind of hearing loss can be caused by which circumstances? Select all t
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hat apply.dd




[Verified Solution]: Acute otitis media with effusion A physical obstruction to the transmission of sou
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Q7. While collecting data related to the cardiac system on a client, the nurse hears a murmur.
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Which best describes the sound of a heart murmur?
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[Verified Solution]: Gentle, blowing or swooshing noise
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Q8. The nurse is preparing to assist the health care provider to test the extraocular movemen
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ts in a client and muscle weakness in the eyes. The nurse anticipates that which physical assess
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ment technique will be done?
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[Verified Solution]: Testing the six cardinal positions of gaze
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Q9. The nurse is reinforcing instructions for a client in how to perform a testicular self-
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examination (TSE). Which instructions should the nurse include? Select all that apply.
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[Verified Solution]: Perform TSE after a shower or bath. Perform TSE on the same day each month.
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Perform TSE by rolling each testicle between the thumb and fingers.
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Q10. The nurse notes the physical assessment findings for a client with a diagnosis of possible
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meningitis. Which findings should the nurse expect to observe because of meningeal irritation?
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Select all that apply.
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[Verified Solution]: The client reports stiffness and soreness in the neck area. 3.The client reports pain
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in the vertebral column and passively flexes the hip and knee in response to neck flexion. 4.The client
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flexes a leg at the hip and knee and reports pain in the vertebral column when the leg is extended.
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Q11. Which statement by a nursing student about Kohlberg's theory of moral development in
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dicates the need for further teaching about the theory?
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[Verified Solution]: "Individuals move through all six stages in a sequential fashion."
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, Q12. The parents of an 8-year-
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old child tell the nurse that they are concerned about the child because the child seems to be
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more attentive to friends than anyone else. Which is the appropriate nursing response?
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[Verified Solution]: "At this age, the child is developing his or her own personality."
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Q13. The nurse notes that a 6-year-
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old child does not recognize that objects exist even when the objects are outside of the visual fi
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eld. Based on this observation, which action should the nurse take?
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[Verified Solution]: Report the observation to the primary health care provider.
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Q14. The nurse is providing instructions to a new parent regarding the psychosocial developm
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ent of the infant. Using Erikson's psychosocial development theory, which instruction should t
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he nurse reinforce to the parents?
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[Verified Solution]: Allow the infant to signal a need.
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Q15. The parent of a 3-year-
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old tells the nurse that the child is constantly rebelling and having temper tantrums. Which in
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struction should the nurse reinforce to the parent?
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[Verified Solution]: Set limits on the child's behavior.
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Q16. The nurse is caring for an older client who is reminiscing about past life experiences in
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a positive manner. The nurse plans care with the understanding that this behavior indicates w
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hich?
[Verified Solution]: A normal psychosocial response
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Q17. The nurse determines a child is in the "preoperational" phase of Piaget's cognitive devel
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opmental theory when the child makes which statement?
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[Verified Solution]: "The moon follows me, and goes to bed when I go to bed".
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Q18. A child remarks, "I share my toys and snacks with my friends so they will like me more
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." The nurse determines the child is in which stage of moral development?
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[Verified Solution]: Good boy-nice girl orientation
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