NUR 180 Concepts of Mental Health Nursing for the Practical Nurse
HONDROS NUR 180 MENTAL HEALTH TEST 1/EXAM
1 2025 REAL SUMMER –FALL EXAM 60 QUESTIONS
(ANSWERED) GRADED A
You are planning interventions at a school help decrease stress. How would you help students
decrease stress and increase coping skills?
Prevent stress related disease and malfunction
Pt. admitted to unit with severe depression and avoids contact with everyone. What would you,
as an LPN do?
Spend time with the patient and accept that the patient is not willing to talk.
Pt. states they can leave whenever they want to after being involuntarily admitted. How would
you explain this to the patient?
You are not allowed to leave the facility until the physician has written the discharge.
Patient having high level of anxiety, how would you respond to this person?
"What is causing you to feel anxious"?
Patient who refuses to talk and eat. They have severe depression. What do you want to do?
, NUR 180 Concepts of Mental Health Nursing for the Practical Nurse
"Would you like to talk about your feelings"?
Patient had a bad nightmare and when they woke up they felt emotionally drained as if they
had not rested well. How would you respond to this patient?
Can you give me an example of what you mean by "Bad nightmare"?
Orientating new patient on behavioral health unit, what will you focus on?
Reassure the patient on their safety and point out important features of the unit.
Behavioral unit caring for patient who got a new roommate 4 days ago, over the past 36 hours,
the patient has become increasingly agitated resulting in occasional outbursts. What will you
investigate as a likely cause of this change?
Something about the new situation is agitating the patient.
Examining a patient during their monthly psychiatrist appt. They almost had an accident on
their way today. When you take their vitals bp is 170/90 HR is 122, resp. 28, pt.'s pupils are
dilated. How will the nurse interpret these physiological signs?
The patient is showing signs of an acute stress response.
Caring for someone with acute hallucinations and paranoid delusions. What unit would you
admit them to?
HONDROS NUR 180 MENTAL HEALTH TEST 1/EXAM
1 2025 REAL SUMMER –FALL EXAM 60 QUESTIONS
(ANSWERED) GRADED A
You are planning interventions at a school help decrease stress. How would you help students
decrease stress and increase coping skills?
Prevent stress related disease and malfunction
Pt. admitted to unit with severe depression and avoids contact with everyone. What would you,
as an LPN do?
Spend time with the patient and accept that the patient is not willing to talk.
Pt. states they can leave whenever they want to after being involuntarily admitted. How would
you explain this to the patient?
You are not allowed to leave the facility until the physician has written the discharge.
Patient having high level of anxiety, how would you respond to this person?
"What is causing you to feel anxious"?
Patient who refuses to talk and eat. They have severe depression. What do you want to do?
, NUR 180 Concepts of Mental Health Nursing for the Practical Nurse
"Would you like to talk about your feelings"?
Patient had a bad nightmare and when they woke up they felt emotionally drained as if they
had not rested well. How would you respond to this patient?
Can you give me an example of what you mean by "Bad nightmare"?
Orientating new patient on behavioral health unit, what will you focus on?
Reassure the patient on their safety and point out important features of the unit.
Behavioral unit caring for patient who got a new roommate 4 days ago, over the past 36 hours,
the patient has become increasingly agitated resulting in occasional outbursts. What will you
investigate as a likely cause of this change?
Something about the new situation is agitating the patient.
Examining a patient during their monthly psychiatrist appt. They almost had an accident on
their way today. When you take their vitals bp is 170/90 HR is 122, resp. 28, pt.'s pupils are
dilated. How will the nurse interpret these physiological signs?
The patient is showing signs of an acute stress response.
Caring for someone with acute hallucinations and paranoid delusions. What unit would you
admit them to?
