NSG 401 Midterm Exam Questions Solved 100% Latest Update 2025
Chronological steps in the process of growing as a failure
(UGCDE) - Answers 1. Understand that failure is a necessary part of change
2. Give yourself permission to fail
3. Consider your failure as a learning experience
4. Discover the opportunities created by failure
5. Expect to succeed with the next attempt
Client caregiver boundaries - Answers 1. Person boundaries: provide order and security because they
help establish the limits of ones behavior
Philosophy of reality therapy - Answers Reality therapists do not accept the concept of mentally illness.
Calling people irresponsible rather than mentally ill and describing how they are irresponsible help
clients develop the responsibility to satisfy their needs
Nursing intervention/implementation/action of
Develop trust - Answers Involves three concepts- caring, empathy, advocacy.
Nurses primary responsibility for combative/angry patients - Answers Offer immediate emotional
support. Care provider must quickly assume control until client is able to recover self control
Actions to take to promote a positive outlook/attitude
(RRRVA) - Answers 1. Recognize the negative thoughts, emotions and attitudes. Reject them and throw
them out of your personality.
2. Replace each negative attitude by frequently repeating positive statements.
3. Repeat upbeat and enthusiastic words that help to build a feeling of success.
4. Visualize future successes.
5. Act the part.
Holistic care - Answers health care that takes into account the whole person and search for the meaning
of their actions.
Client advocate - Answers Process of providing the client with the information, support and feedback
needed to make a decision.
Observations of a manic episode - Answers State of extreme excitement/activity
, Flight of ideas - Answers Rapid changes from one thought to another related thought
Delusions - Answers False beliefs that cannot be corrected by reasoning or explanation
Professional Judgement - Answers The ability to evaluate choices and make appropriate decisions.
Five steps of the nursing process and what each involves - Answers 1. assessment: data collection
2. identify problems: each problem examined in detail
3.planning: specific short/long term goals developed
4. Intervention: actual delivery of planned actions
5. Evaluation: determined effectiveness of care
First assessment preformed on admission - Answers Physical assessment to discover physical problems
that can be treated medically.
Short term memory loss
Seen what what disorders - Answers Alzheimer's disease, Anxiety and Depression
Elements of communication
(PET) - Answers 1. Perception- the use of the senses to gain information
2. Evaluation- the internal assessment of the message
3. Transmission/ response
Speech cluttering - Answers Rapid, confused delivery of unrhythmic speech patterns
Parroting - Answers Continuous repeating of clients words
Types of communication used with client experiencing auditory hallucinations - Answers Non- Verbal
communication
Therapeutic communication techniques supportive of effective communication - Answers Listening skills,
interacting skills,
Therapeutic communication technique related to sharing perceptions - Answers
Eric Berne's theory related to personality - Answers Three ego states exist within all of is- The PARENT
who focuses on ruled and values, The CHILD who focuses on emotions and desires and the ADULT who
bases their approach to the world on previous observations
Criteria for inpatient admission to a mental health facility - Answers The client feels they are unable to
cope with life stressors/maintain control of behavior
Chronological steps in the process of growing as a failure
(UGCDE) - Answers 1. Understand that failure is a necessary part of change
2. Give yourself permission to fail
3. Consider your failure as a learning experience
4. Discover the opportunities created by failure
5. Expect to succeed with the next attempt
Client caregiver boundaries - Answers 1. Person boundaries: provide order and security because they
help establish the limits of ones behavior
Philosophy of reality therapy - Answers Reality therapists do not accept the concept of mentally illness.
Calling people irresponsible rather than mentally ill and describing how they are irresponsible help
clients develop the responsibility to satisfy their needs
Nursing intervention/implementation/action of
Develop trust - Answers Involves three concepts- caring, empathy, advocacy.
Nurses primary responsibility for combative/angry patients - Answers Offer immediate emotional
support. Care provider must quickly assume control until client is able to recover self control
Actions to take to promote a positive outlook/attitude
(RRRVA) - Answers 1. Recognize the negative thoughts, emotions and attitudes. Reject them and throw
them out of your personality.
2. Replace each negative attitude by frequently repeating positive statements.
3. Repeat upbeat and enthusiastic words that help to build a feeling of success.
4. Visualize future successes.
5. Act the part.
Holistic care - Answers health care that takes into account the whole person and search for the meaning
of their actions.
Client advocate - Answers Process of providing the client with the information, support and feedback
needed to make a decision.
Observations of a manic episode - Answers State of extreme excitement/activity
, Flight of ideas - Answers Rapid changes from one thought to another related thought
Delusions - Answers False beliefs that cannot be corrected by reasoning or explanation
Professional Judgement - Answers The ability to evaluate choices and make appropriate decisions.
Five steps of the nursing process and what each involves - Answers 1. assessment: data collection
2. identify problems: each problem examined in detail
3.planning: specific short/long term goals developed
4. Intervention: actual delivery of planned actions
5. Evaluation: determined effectiveness of care
First assessment preformed on admission - Answers Physical assessment to discover physical problems
that can be treated medically.
Short term memory loss
Seen what what disorders - Answers Alzheimer's disease, Anxiety and Depression
Elements of communication
(PET) - Answers 1. Perception- the use of the senses to gain information
2. Evaluation- the internal assessment of the message
3. Transmission/ response
Speech cluttering - Answers Rapid, confused delivery of unrhythmic speech patterns
Parroting - Answers Continuous repeating of clients words
Types of communication used with client experiencing auditory hallucinations - Answers Non- Verbal
communication
Therapeutic communication techniques supportive of effective communication - Answers Listening skills,
interacting skills,
Therapeutic communication technique related to sharing perceptions - Answers
Eric Berne's theory related to personality - Answers Three ego states exist within all of is- The PARENT
who focuses on ruled and values, The CHILD who focuses on emotions and desires and the ADULT who
bases their approach to the world on previous observations
Criteria for inpatient admission to a mental health facility - Answers The client feels they are unable to
cope with life stressors/maintain control of behavior
