NUR 316: Nursing Concepts for
Psychiatric/Mental Health Exam 2025
With 100% Quality Answers
Feelings of apprehension, uneasiness, or dread resulting from a real or perceived threat are defined as
___. - correct answers ✔✔Anxiety
___ anxiety occurs in normal everyday experienced, resulting in heightened perceptual field, the ability
to effectively work toward a goal and problem solve, and potentially slight discomfort. - correct answers
✔✔Mild anxiety
___ anxiety results in a narrowed perceptual field, or selective inattention. - correct answers
✔✔Moderate anxiety
___ anxiety allows a person to focus and problem-solve with some help or direction. - correct answers
✔✔Moderate anxiety
___ anxiety manifests as tension and increased vital signs. - correct answers ✔✔Moderate anxiety
___ anxiety results in a significantly reduced perceptual field. - correct answers ✔✔Severe anxiety
___ anxiety focuses on specific detail(s) and inhibits an individual from thinking about anything else. -
correct answers ✔✔Severe anxiety
___ anxiety activates the sympathetic nervous system, resulting in possible nausea, headache,
tachycardia, dilated pupils, or increased respiration. - correct answers ✔✔Severe anxiety
___ anxiety is associated with awe, dread, and terror. - correct answers ✔✔Panic anxiety
,___ anxiety is characterized by loss of control; inability to complete tasks, even with direction; inability to
learn; disorganization; and distorted perceptions. - correct answers ✔✔Panic anxiety
___ anxiety results in distorted perceptions, loss of rational thought, and loss of touch with reality. -
correct answers ✔✔Panic anxiety
(True/false) Someone who suffers from panic attacks is considered to have a panic disorder. - correct
answers ✔✔False
How long does a panic level of anxiety typically persist? - correct answers ✔✔~10 minutes
When assessing a patient with anxiety, the ___ dimension manifests in an increased heart rate or BP,
sweaty palms, dry mouth, or "butterflies" in the stomach. - correct answers ✔✔Physiologic dimension
When assessing a patient with anxiety, difficulty thinking, narrow perceptual field, and decreased
concentration and focus represent the ___ dimension. - correct answers ✔✔Cognitive dimension
When assessing a patient with anxiety, irritability, anger, and restlessness represent the ___ dimension. -
correct answers ✔✔Emotional/behavioral dimension
Appropriate discharge criteria for a patient with chronic anxiety disorder are that the patient will:
A. Experience no more anxiety.
B. Suppress anxiety symptoms and focus on the future.
C. Identify situations and events that trigger anxiety.
D. Recognize the need to take medications for life to control anxiety. - correct answers ✔✔C. Identify
situations and events that trigger anxiety.
Which nursing diagnosis would be most useful for patients with anxiety disorders when the following
defining characteristics have been identified: avoidance, poor concentration, nightmares, hypervigilance,
exaggerated startle response, detachment, numbing, and flashbacks?
A. Anxiety
B. Powerlessness
,C. Disturbed sensory perception
D. Post-trauma syndrome - correct answers ✔✔D. Post-trauma syndrome
The nurse must plan health teaching for a patient with generalized anxiety disorder who is taking
lorazepam (Ativan). Which topic should be included?
A. Tyramine-free diet
B. Caffeine restriction
C. Skin care to prevent breakdown
D. Dietary restriction of tryptophan - correct answers ✔✔B. Caffeine restriction
The patient tells the nurse he feels as though something terrible is going to happen to him and displays
symptoms of increased vital signs, dilated pupils, urinary frequency, rigid muscles, and decreased
hearing. The nurse would assess these findings as being indicative of anxiety at the level of:
A. Mild
B. Moderate
C. Severe
D. Panic - correct answers ✔✔B. Moderate
Which statement made by a patient who washes his or her hands compulsively identifies the thinking
typical of a patient with obsessive-compulsive disorder?
A. "I know I'll get my hands clean eventually; it just takes time."
B. "I need a milder soap that won't damage my hands so much."
C. "I feel so much better when my hands are clean. I can get on to do other things."
D. "I feel driven to wash my hands, although I don't like doing it." - correct answers ✔✔D. "I feel driven
to wash my hands, although I don't like doing it."
A patient was admitted with a diagnosis of agoraphobia with panic attacks. Which of the following
symptoms would the nurse expect the patient to experience during a panic attack?
A. Paresthesias
B. Constipation
C. Feigned fears
, D. Hypotension - correct answers ✔✔A. Paresthesias
A patient was driving an auto along a deserted country road when a moderate earthquake caused the
bridge she was passing over to collapse, which inadvertently caused her to be trapped in her car for
several hours. A year later she still has nightmares about the event, and reexperiences the feelings of
fear and isolation associated with being trapped in the car in swirling water up to her neck. She avoids
driving over bridges. She indicates that her relationships have not been "normal" since the event
because she is so tense. The data collected are consistent with the symptoms of:
A. Agoraphobia
B. Panic attacks
C. Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD)
D. Posttraumatic stress disorder - correct answers ✔✔D. Posttraumatic stress disorder
Which piece of subjective data obtained during the nurse's psychiatric assessment of a patient
experiencing severe anxiety would indicate the possibility of posttraumatic stress disorder?
A. "I keep washing my hands over and over."
B. "My legs feel weak most of the time."
C. "I'm afraid to go out in public."
D. "I keep reliving the rape." - correct answers ✔✔D. "I keep reliving the rape."
When the nurse has diagnosed a patient as experiencing panic-level anxiety, an intervention that should
be implemented immediately is to:
A. Teach relaxation techniques.
B. Place the patient in four-point restraints.
C. Reduce stimuli.
D. Gather a show of force. - correct answers ✔✔C. Reduce stimuli.
Which of the following is a criterion for evaluation of the anxiety level in patients with an anxiety
disorder?
A. Ability to be assertive
B. Ability to determine appropriateness of own behavior
C. Attention span and concentration
Psychiatric/Mental Health Exam 2025
With 100% Quality Answers
Feelings of apprehension, uneasiness, or dread resulting from a real or perceived threat are defined as
___. - correct answers ✔✔Anxiety
___ anxiety occurs in normal everyday experienced, resulting in heightened perceptual field, the ability
to effectively work toward a goal and problem solve, and potentially slight discomfort. - correct answers
✔✔Mild anxiety
___ anxiety results in a narrowed perceptual field, or selective inattention. - correct answers
✔✔Moderate anxiety
___ anxiety allows a person to focus and problem-solve with some help or direction. - correct answers
✔✔Moderate anxiety
___ anxiety manifests as tension and increased vital signs. - correct answers ✔✔Moderate anxiety
___ anxiety results in a significantly reduced perceptual field. - correct answers ✔✔Severe anxiety
___ anxiety focuses on specific detail(s) and inhibits an individual from thinking about anything else. -
correct answers ✔✔Severe anxiety
___ anxiety activates the sympathetic nervous system, resulting in possible nausea, headache,
tachycardia, dilated pupils, or increased respiration. - correct answers ✔✔Severe anxiety
___ anxiety is associated with awe, dread, and terror. - correct answers ✔✔Panic anxiety
,___ anxiety is characterized by loss of control; inability to complete tasks, even with direction; inability to
learn; disorganization; and distorted perceptions. - correct answers ✔✔Panic anxiety
___ anxiety results in distorted perceptions, loss of rational thought, and loss of touch with reality. -
correct answers ✔✔Panic anxiety
(True/false) Someone who suffers from panic attacks is considered to have a panic disorder. - correct
answers ✔✔False
How long does a panic level of anxiety typically persist? - correct answers ✔✔~10 minutes
When assessing a patient with anxiety, the ___ dimension manifests in an increased heart rate or BP,
sweaty palms, dry mouth, or "butterflies" in the stomach. - correct answers ✔✔Physiologic dimension
When assessing a patient with anxiety, difficulty thinking, narrow perceptual field, and decreased
concentration and focus represent the ___ dimension. - correct answers ✔✔Cognitive dimension
When assessing a patient with anxiety, irritability, anger, and restlessness represent the ___ dimension. -
correct answers ✔✔Emotional/behavioral dimension
Appropriate discharge criteria for a patient with chronic anxiety disorder are that the patient will:
A. Experience no more anxiety.
B. Suppress anxiety symptoms and focus on the future.
C. Identify situations and events that trigger anxiety.
D. Recognize the need to take medications for life to control anxiety. - correct answers ✔✔C. Identify
situations and events that trigger anxiety.
Which nursing diagnosis would be most useful for patients with anxiety disorders when the following
defining characteristics have been identified: avoidance, poor concentration, nightmares, hypervigilance,
exaggerated startle response, detachment, numbing, and flashbacks?
A. Anxiety
B. Powerlessness
,C. Disturbed sensory perception
D. Post-trauma syndrome - correct answers ✔✔D. Post-trauma syndrome
The nurse must plan health teaching for a patient with generalized anxiety disorder who is taking
lorazepam (Ativan). Which topic should be included?
A. Tyramine-free diet
B. Caffeine restriction
C. Skin care to prevent breakdown
D. Dietary restriction of tryptophan - correct answers ✔✔B. Caffeine restriction
The patient tells the nurse he feels as though something terrible is going to happen to him and displays
symptoms of increased vital signs, dilated pupils, urinary frequency, rigid muscles, and decreased
hearing. The nurse would assess these findings as being indicative of anxiety at the level of:
A. Mild
B. Moderate
C. Severe
D. Panic - correct answers ✔✔B. Moderate
Which statement made by a patient who washes his or her hands compulsively identifies the thinking
typical of a patient with obsessive-compulsive disorder?
A. "I know I'll get my hands clean eventually; it just takes time."
B. "I need a milder soap that won't damage my hands so much."
C. "I feel so much better when my hands are clean. I can get on to do other things."
D. "I feel driven to wash my hands, although I don't like doing it." - correct answers ✔✔D. "I feel driven
to wash my hands, although I don't like doing it."
A patient was admitted with a diagnosis of agoraphobia with panic attacks. Which of the following
symptoms would the nurse expect the patient to experience during a panic attack?
A. Paresthesias
B. Constipation
C. Feigned fears
, D. Hypotension - correct answers ✔✔A. Paresthesias
A patient was driving an auto along a deserted country road when a moderate earthquake caused the
bridge she was passing over to collapse, which inadvertently caused her to be trapped in her car for
several hours. A year later she still has nightmares about the event, and reexperiences the feelings of
fear and isolation associated with being trapped in the car in swirling water up to her neck. She avoids
driving over bridges. She indicates that her relationships have not been "normal" since the event
because she is so tense. The data collected are consistent with the symptoms of:
A. Agoraphobia
B. Panic attacks
C. Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD)
D. Posttraumatic stress disorder - correct answers ✔✔D. Posttraumatic stress disorder
Which piece of subjective data obtained during the nurse's psychiatric assessment of a patient
experiencing severe anxiety would indicate the possibility of posttraumatic stress disorder?
A. "I keep washing my hands over and over."
B. "My legs feel weak most of the time."
C. "I'm afraid to go out in public."
D. "I keep reliving the rape." - correct answers ✔✔D. "I keep reliving the rape."
When the nurse has diagnosed a patient as experiencing panic-level anxiety, an intervention that should
be implemented immediately is to:
A. Teach relaxation techniques.
B. Place the patient in four-point restraints.
C. Reduce stimuli.
D. Gather a show of force. - correct answers ✔✔C. Reduce stimuli.
Which of the following is a criterion for evaluation of the anxiety level in patients with an anxiety
disorder?
A. Ability to be assertive
B. Ability to determine appropriateness of own behavior
C. Attention span and concentration
