Joyce University NUR 175 Exam 1 – Mental Health Nursing
10-Point Exam Coverage
1. Foundations of psychiatric nursing and mental health concepts
2. Therapeutic communication and nurse-patient boundaries
3. Psychiatric assessment and mental status examination
4. Legal rights, consent, confidentiality, and ethics
5. Stress, coping, anxiety, and defense mechanisms
6. Depression, grief, and suicide prevention
7. Psychosis, hallucinations, and delusions
8. Mood disorders and medication basics
9. Behavioral emergencies and least-restrictive safety interventions
10. Patient education, recovery, and community mental health
,1. Which statement most accurately explains trauma-informed care during the described
situation and why the concept matters for safe and correct professional practice during safety
decision?
A. care based on punishment
B. care informed by trauma effects
C. recognizes trauma effects and seeks to promote safety, choice, trust, and avoidance of
retraumatization
D. a medication dosing strategy
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: This choice is correct because recognizes trauma effects and seeks to promote
safety, choice, trust, and avoidance of retraumatization.
2. Where this concept fits into the overall process, which option correctly describes suicide risk
assessment when interpreting the relevant requirements?
A. a medication refill procedure
B. examines current thoughts, intent, plan, access to means, history, protective factors, and
other relevant risks
C. a nutrition screening only
D. a structured evaluation of suicide risk
Correct Answer: B
,Rationale: The key point is that examines current thoughts, intent, plan, access to means,
history, protective factors, and other relevant risks.
3. In routine practice, the key point is to identify schizophrenia during the described situation and
why the concept matters for safe and correct professional practice?
A. is a psychotic disorder involving characteristic disturbances in thought, perception,
behavior, and functioning
B. a psychotic disorder with characteristic disturbances
C. an isolated sleep problem
D. a short-lived normal stress reaction
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: The correct answer is supported because is a psychotic disorder involving
characteristic disturbances in thought, perception, behavior, and functioning.
4. A practitioner checking the procedure should know delusion during the described situation
and why the concept matters for safe and correct professional practice?
A. a medication schedule
B. a sensory perception without a stimulus
C. a fixed false belief
D. is a fixed false belief that persists despite evidence inconsistent with that belief
Correct Answer: D
, Rationale: The correct answer is supported because is a fixed false belief that persists despite
evidence inconsistent with that belief.
5. The technician facing this situation should determine active listening during the described
situation and why the concept matters for safe and correct professional practice during
troubleshooting situation?
A. focused attention to patient communication
B. requires attention to both spoken content and relevant nonverbal behavior
C. ignoring nonverbal behavior
D. interrupting to finish the interview faster
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: This is the best answer because requires attention to both spoken content and
relevant nonverbal behavior.
6. For a worker applying the standard, which statement best defines major depressive disorder
when interpreting the relevant requirements?
A. ordinary sadness after every disappointment
B. a brief medication reaction
C. requires a clinically significant pattern of depressive symptoms that affects functioning
D. a disorder involving persistent depressive symptoms
Correct Answer: C
10-Point Exam Coverage
1. Foundations of psychiatric nursing and mental health concepts
2. Therapeutic communication and nurse-patient boundaries
3. Psychiatric assessment and mental status examination
4. Legal rights, consent, confidentiality, and ethics
5. Stress, coping, anxiety, and defense mechanisms
6. Depression, grief, and suicide prevention
7. Psychosis, hallucinations, and delusions
8. Mood disorders and medication basics
9. Behavioral emergencies and least-restrictive safety interventions
10. Patient education, recovery, and community mental health
,1. Which statement most accurately explains trauma-informed care during the described
situation and why the concept matters for safe and correct professional practice during safety
decision?
A. care based on punishment
B. care informed by trauma effects
C. recognizes trauma effects and seeks to promote safety, choice, trust, and avoidance of
retraumatization
D. a medication dosing strategy
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: This choice is correct because recognizes trauma effects and seeks to promote
safety, choice, trust, and avoidance of retraumatization.
2. Where this concept fits into the overall process, which option correctly describes suicide risk
assessment when interpreting the relevant requirements?
A. a medication refill procedure
B. examines current thoughts, intent, plan, access to means, history, protective factors, and
other relevant risks
C. a nutrition screening only
D. a structured evaluation of suicide risk
Correct Answer: B
,Rationale: The key point is that examines current thoughts, intent, plan, access to means,
history, protective factors, and other relevant risks.
3. In routine practice, the key point is to identify schizophrenia during the described situation and
why the concept matters for safe and correct professional practice?
A. is a psychotic disorder involving characteristic disturbances in thought, perception,
behavior, and functioning
B. a psychotic disorder with characteristic disturbances
C. an isolated sleep problem
D. a short-lived normal stress reaction
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: The correct answer is supported because is a psychotic disorder involving
characteristic disturbances in thought, perception, behavior, and functioning.
4. A practitioner checking the procedure should know delusion during the described situation
and why the concept matters for safe and correct professional practice?
A. a medication schedule
B. a sensory perception without a stimulus
C. a fixed false belief
D. is a fixed false belief that persists despite evidence inconsistent with that belief
Correct Answer: D
, Rationale: The correct answer is supported because is a fixed false belief that persists despite
evidence inconsistent with that belief.
5. The technician facing this situation should determine active listening during the described
situation and why the concept matters for safe and correct professional practice during
troubleshooting situation?
A. focused attention to patient communication
B. requires attention to both spoken content and relevant nonverbal behavior
C. ignoring nonverbal behavior
D. interrupting to finish the interview faster
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: This is the best answer because requires attention to both spoken content and
relevant nonverbal behavior.
6. For a worker applying the standard, which statement best defines major depressive disorder
when interpreting the relevant requirements?
A. ordinary sadness after every disappointment
B. a brief medication reaction
C. requires a clinically significant pattern of depressive symptoms that affects functioning
D. a disorder involving persistent depressive symptoms
Correct Answer: C
