N322 Final Exam Practice Questions

The nurse is told he/she will be assigned to an anxious client who is being admitted via ED. The initial action of the nurse should be to - assess the client's use of defense mechanisms. - assess the client's level of anxiety. - limit environmental stimuli. - provide anti-anxiety medication. - - assess the client's level of anxiety. A 20-year-old was sexually molested at age10 by an older man, but can no longer remember the incident. The ego defense mechanism in use is - projection. - repression. - displacement. - reaction-formation. - - repression. A man keeps his wife's clothing in the closet and bureau of his bedroom although she has been dead for three years. This behavior suggests the use of - altruism. - denial. - undoing. - suppression. - - denial. Which of the following represents a protective factor against the risk of suicide? - family and community support - financial loss - cultural belief that suicide is a noble resolution for a dilemma - previous sucide attempt (s) - - family and community support An assessment tool that is useful to nurses to rate suicide risk is the - AIMS scale. - Sad Persons Scale. - CAGE Questionnaire. - Mini-mental status examination. - - Sad Persons Scale. A suicidal individual calls a suicide hot line. This represents the level of intervention classified as - primary. - secondary. - tertiary. - quartenary. - - secondary. Nurses should assess the lethality of the client's plan for suicide. What factor would be irrelevant to that assessment? - What is the age of the client? - Does the plan have specific details? - Is the method one that causes death quickly? - Does the client have the means to implement the plan? - - What is the age of the client? Suicide interventions for hospitalized clients usually involve - restriction of visitors. - inability to write letters or make phone calls. - encourage patient spend majority of day in their room. - removal of personal items that might prove harmful. - - removal of personal items that might prove harmful. Treatment of mental illnesses using psychotropic drugs is directed at - altering brain neurochemistry. - correcting brain anatomical defects. - regulation of social behaviors. - activating the body's normal response to stress. - - altering brain neurochemistry. Which of the following is classified as a circadian rhythm? - sex drive. - sleep cycle. - skeletal muscle contraction. - maintenance of a focused stream of consciousness. - - sleep cycle. Cells that respond to stimuli, conduct electrical impulses and release neurotransmitters are called - neurons. - synapses. - dendrites. - receptors. - - neurons. Which imaging technique can provide information about brain function? - CT scan.