NRS 3016 Mental Health Final Exam (2025)
comprehensive questions and verified detailed solutions (
MULTIPLE CHOICES) |100% CORRECT!
A nurse is working with a client diagnosed with somatic symptom disorder. Which
of the following would the nurse identify as the most difficult aspect of providing
care to this client? - ans -Developing the therapeutic relationship
A psychiatric nursing class is discussing current trends in mental health care. A
student voices the opinion that there should be equitable access to mental health
care and resources for those who live in rural areas, for those without health
insurance, and for those with very little income. The student nurse's opinion most
closely reflects which ethical principle? - ans -Justice
Equal access to health care
A nurse is working on developing ways to meet the challenge of knowledge
development. What would be most appropriate? - ans -Access new information
through continuing education programs
A group of nursing students is reviewing the standards of professional
performance. The students demonstrate understanding when they identify which
as a standard of professional performance? - ans -Collaboration
A nurse is providing training to a new nurse on the team and is describing the
nurse-client relationship. What does the nurse emphasize as being crucial for
establishing and maintaining the relationship? - ans -Self-Awareness
A nurse is engaged in exercises to develop self-awareness. The nurse is using
which tool? - ans -Reflection
A nurse is presented with an ethical conflict when a client insists on leaving the
hospital against medical and nursing advise. This situation best demonstrates the
ethical conflict between which relevant principles? - ans -Autonomy vs.
Beneficence
, A group of nursing students is reviewing information about Freud's personality
structure. The students demonstrate understanding of this information when
they identify the ability to form mutually satisfying relationships as a function of
aspect? - ans -Ego
A psychiatric-mental health nurse is integrating Carl Rogers' theory into the plan
of care for a client with a mental illness. The nurse incorporates understanding of
this theory by acknowledging that the therapist accomplishes which action? - ans
-Develops unconditional positive regard for the client
Which area of the brain would a nursing instructor identify when describing its
involvement with verbal language function, including areas for both receptive and
expressive speech? - ans -Left Hemisphere
A client has been diagnosed with memory dysfunction associated with Alzheimer
disease. The nurse determines that damage to the client's brain includes
deterioration of temporal lobe structures and the nerves of which structure? - ans
-Hippocampus
A client with a panic disorder has been prescribed a benzodiazepine medication.
Which risk would the nurse emphasize as being associated with using this
medication? - ans -Withdrawal symptoms
The nurse is caring for a client with depression who was admitted for a substance
use disorder. The nurse is using recovery-oriented nursing care. Which goal would
be the most appropriate for the client's care? - ans -To empower the client to
maintain recovery
The nurse is caring for a family in which the elderly mother has been a victim of
abuse and neglect by her son, 48 years of age. Which is important for the nurse to
keep in mind before interviewing the family? - ans -The nurse must allow the
older adult mother to decide whether she wants to leave the situation
A psychiatric-mental health nurse is educating a class at a community health
center on social factors associated with mental illness. When describing the
influence of poverty and effects of the downward economic spiral on mental
comprehensive questions and verified detailed solutions (
MULTIPLE CHOICES) |100% CORRECT!
A nurse is working with a client diagnosed with somatic symptom disorder. Which
of the following would the nurse identify as the most difficult aspect of providing
care to this client? - ans -Developing the therapeutic relationship
A psychiatric nursing class is discussing current trends in mental health care. A
student voices the opinion that there should be equitable access to mental health
care and resources for those who live in rural areas, for those without health
insurance, and for those with very little income. The student nurse's opinion most
closely reflects which ethical principle? - ans -Justice
Equal access to health care
A nurse is working on developing ways to meet the challenge of knowledge
development. What would be most appropriate? - ans -Access new information
through continuing education programs
A group of nursing students is reviewing the standards of professional
performance. The students demonstrate understanding when they identify which
as a standard of professional performance? - ans -Collaboration
A nurse is providing training to a new nurse on the team and is describing the
nurse-client relationship. What does the nurse emphasize as being crucial for
establishing and maintaining the relationship? - ans -Self-Awareness
A nurse is engaged in exercises to develop self-awareness. The nurse is using
which tool? - ans -Reflection
A nurse is presented with an ethical conflict when a client insists on leaving the
hospital against medical and nursing advise. This situation best demonstrates the
ethical conflict between which relevant principles? - ans -Autonomy vs.
Beneficence
, A group of nursing students is reviewing information about Freud's personality
structure. The students demonstrate understanding of this information when
they identify the ability to form mutually satisfying relationships as a function of
aspect? - ans -Ego
A psychiatric-mental health nurse is integrating Carl Rogers' theory into the plan
of care for a client with a mental illness. The nurse incorporates understanding of
this theory by acknowledging that the therapist accomplishes which action? - ans
-Develops unconditional positive regard for the client
Which area of the brain would a nursing instructor identify when describing its
involvement with verbal language function, including areas for both receptive and
expressive speech? - ans -Left Hemisphere
A client has been diagnosed with memory dysfunction associated with Alzheimer
disease. The nurse determines that damage to the client's brain includes
deterioration of temporal lobe structures and the nerves of which structure? - ans
-Hippocampus
A client with a panic disorder has been prescribed a benzodiazepine medication.
Which risk would the nurse emphasize as being associated with using this
medication? - ans -Withdrawal symptoms
The nurse is caring for a client with depression who was admitted for a substance
use disorder. The nurse is using recovery-oriented nursing care. Which goal would
be the most appropriate for the client's care? - ans -To empower the client to
maintain recovery
The nurse is caring for a family in which the elderly mother has been a victim of
abuse and neglect by her son, 48 years of age. Which is important for the nurse to
keep in mind before interviewing the family? - ans -The nurse must allow the
older adult mother to decide whether she wants to leave the situation
A psychiatric-mental health nurse is educating a class at a community health
center on social factors associated with mental illness. When describing the
influence of poverty and effects of the downward economic spiral on mental
