NSG3450 /NSG 3450 MENTAL
HEALTH EXAM 4 NEWEST 2025/2026
QUESTIONS WITH WELL EXPLAINED
VERIFIED ANSWERS GRADED A+
Cognitive-behavioral therapy is going well when a 12-year-old patient in therapy reports
to the nurse practitioner: - CORRECT ANSWER --b. "I thought that everyone at school
hated me. That's not true. Most people like me and I have a friend named Todd."
What assessment question should the nurse ask when attempting to determine a
teenager's mental health resilience? Select all that apply. - CORRECT ANSWER --a.
"How did you cope when your father deployed with the Army for a year in Iraq?"
b. "Who did you go to for advice while your father was away for a year in Iraq?"
d. "Where do you see yourself in 10 years?"
Which factors tend to increase the difficulty of diagnosing young children who
demonstrate behaviors associated with mental illness? Select all that apply. -
CORRECT ANSWER --a. Limited language skills
b. Level of cognitive development
c. Level of emotional development
Pam, the nurse educator, is teaching a new nurse about seclusion and restraint. Order
the following interventions from least (1) to most (5) restrictive: - CORRECT ANSWER -
-(1) a. With the patient, identify the behaviors that are unacceptable and consequences
associated with harmful behaviors
(2) d. Offering a PRN medication by mouth
(3) c. Allowing the patient to take a time-out and sit in his or her room
(4) e. Placing the patient in a locked seclusion room
(5) b. Placing the patient in physical restraints
In pediatric mental health, there is a lack of sufficient numbers of community-based
resources and providers, and there are long waiting lists for services. This has resulted
in: Select all that apply. - CORRECT ANSWER --a. Children of color and poor economic
conditions being underserved
b. Increased stress in the family unit
, d. Premature termination of services
Child protective services have removed 10-year-old Christopher from his parents' home
due to neglect. Christopher reveals to the nurse that he considers the woman next door
his "nice" mom, that he loves school, and gets above average grades. The strongest
explanation of this response is: - CORRECT ANSWER --c. Resilience
April, a 10-year-old admitted to inpatient pediatric care, has been getting more and
more wound up and is losing self-control in the day room. Time-out does not appear to
be an effective tool for April to engage in self-reflection. April's mother admits to putting
her in time-out up to 20 times a day. The nurse recognizes that: - CORRECT ANSWER
--b. Time-out is no longer an effective therapeutic measure.
Adolescents often display fluctuations in mood along with undeveloped emotional
regulation and poor tolerance for frustration. Emotional and behavioral control usually
increases over the course of adolescence due to: - CORRECT ANSWER --b.
Cerebellum maturation
Which characteristics suggest a man is experiencing the prodromal phase of
schizophrenia? Select all that apply. - CORRECT ANSWER --a. Always afraid that
others will steal his belongings.
b. Displays unusual interest in numbers and specific topics.
c. Has increasingly unusual thoughts and uses words oddly.
d. Demonstrates increasing difficulty with concentration.
Which nursing interventions are particularly well chosen for addressing a population at
high risk for developing schizophrenia? Select all that apply. - CORRECT ANSWER --a.
Screening 15- to 25-year-olds for early symptoms.
c. Teaching ways to cope and build resiliency.
d. Educating about the risk of psychosis with marijuana use.
To provide effective care for the patient who is taking a second-generation
antipsychotic, the nurse should frequently assess for - CORRECT ANSWER --e.
Metabolic syndrome
A female patient diagnosed with schizophrenia has been prescribed a first-generation
antipsychotic medication. What information should the nurse provide to the patient
regarding her signs and symptoms? - CORRECT ANSWER --d. She should experience
a reduction in hallucinations.
Which characteristic presents the greatest risk for injury to others by the patient
diagnosed with schizophrenia? - CORRECT ANSWER --d. Paranoia
Which therapeutic communication statement might a psychiatric-mental health
registered nurse use when a patient's nursing diagnosis is hallucinations? Select all that
HEALTH EXAM 4 NEWEST 2025/2026
QUESTIONS WITH WELL EXPLAINED
VERIFIED ANSWERS GRADED A+
Cognitive-behavioral therapy is going well when a 12-year-old patient in therapy reports
to the nurse practitioner: - CORRECT ANSWER --b. "I thought that everyone at school
hated me. That's not true. Most people like me and I have a friend named Todd."
What assessment question should the nurse ask when attempting to determine a
teenager's mental health resilience? Select all that apply. - CORRECT ANSWER --a.
"How did you cope when your father deployed with the Army for a year in Iraq?"
b. "Who did you go to for advice while your father was away for a year in Iraq?"
d. "Where do you see yourself in 10 years?"
Which factors tend to increase the difficulty of diagnosing young children who
demonstrate behaviors associated with mental illness? Select all that apply. -
CORRECT ANSWER --a. Limited language skills
b. Level of cognitive development
c. Level of emotional development
Pam, the nurse educator, is teaching a new nurse about seclusion and restraint. Order
the following interventions from least (1) to most (5) restrictive: - CORRECT ANSWER -
-(1) a. With the patient, identify the behaviors that are unacceptable and consequences
associated with harmful behaviors
(2) d. Offering a PRN medication by mouth
(3) c. Allowing the patient to take a time-out and sit in his or her room
(4) e. Placing the patient in a locked seclusion room
(5) b. Placing the patient in physical restraints
In pediatric mental health, there is a lack of sufficient numbers of community-based
resources and providers, and there are long waiting lists for services. This has resulted
in: Select all that apply. - CORRECT ANSWER --a. Children of color and poor economic
conditions being underserved
b. Increased stress in the family unit
, d. Premature termination of services
Child protective services have removed 10-year-old Christopher from his parents' home
due to neglect. Christopher reveals to the nurse that he considers the woman next door
his "nice" mom, that he loves school, and gets above average grades. The strongest
explanation of this response is: - CORRECT ANSWER --c. Resilience
April, a 10-year-old admitted to inpatient pediatric care, has been getting more and
more wound up and is losing self-control in the day room. Time-out does not appear to
be an effective tool for April to engage in self-reflection. April's mother admits to putting
her in time-out up to 20 times a day. The nurse recognizes that: - CORRECT ANSWER
--b. Time-out is no longer an effective therapeutic measure.
Adolescents often display fluctuations in mood along with undeveloped emotional
regulation and poor tolerance for frustration. Emotional and behavioral control usually
increases over the course of adolescence due to: - CORRECT ANSWER --b.
Cerebellum maturation
Which characteristics suggest a man is experiencing the prodromal phase of
schizophrenia? Select all that apply. - CORRECT ANSWER --a. Always afraid that
others will steal his belongings.
b. Displays unusual interest in numbers and specific topics.
c. Has increasingly unusual thoughts and uses words oddly.
d. Demonstrates increasing difficulty with concentration.
Which nursing interventions are particularly well chosen for addressing a population at
high risk for developing schizophrenia? Select all that apply. - CORRECT ANSWER --a.
Screening 15- to 25-year-olds for early symptoms.
c. Teaching ways to cope and build resiliency.
d. Educating about the risk of psychosis with marijuana use.
To provide effective care for the patient who is taking a second-generation
antipsychotic, the nurse should frequently assess for - CORRECT ANSWER --e.
Metabolic syndrome
A female patient diagnosed with schizophrenia has been prescribed a first-generation
antipsychotic medication. What information should the nurse provide to the patient
regarding her signs and symptoms? - CORRECT ANSWER --d. She should experience
a reduction in hallucinations.
Which characteristic presents the greatest risk for injury to others by the patient
diagnosed with schizophrenia? - CORRECT ANSWER --d. Paranoia
Which therapeutic communication statement might a psychiatric-mental health
registered nurse use when a patient's nursing diagnosis is hallucinations? Select all that
