MENTAL HEALTH FINAL EXAM
PRACTICE QUESTIONS WITH
ANSWERS ATTAINED GRADED
A+.Which16response16by16a1615-year-
old16demonstrates16a16common16symptom16observed16in16patients16diag
nosed16with16major16depressive16disorder?
a. “I’m16so16restless.16I16can’t16seem16to16sit16still.”
b. “I16spend16most16of16my16time16studying.16I16have16to16get16into16a16good16college.”
c. “I’m16not16trying16to16diet,16but16I’ve16lost16about16516pounds16in16the16past16516month
s.”
d. “I16go16to16sleep16around161116p.m.16but16I’m16always16up16by16316a.m.16and16can’t
go16back16to1616sleep.”
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• Which16assessment16question16asked16by16the16nurse16demonstrates16an16
understanding16of16comorbid16mental16health16conditions16associated16with16
major16depressive16disorder?16Select16all16that16apply.
a. “Do16rules16apply16to16you?”
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ONS1616WITH16ANSWERS16ATTAINED16GRADED16A
+.
,b. “What16do16you16do16to16manage16anxiety?”
c. “Do16you16have16a16history16of16disordered16eating?”
d. “Do16you16think16that16you16drink16too16much?”
e. “Have16you16ever16been16arrested16for16committing16a16crime?”
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ONS1616WITH16ANSWERS16ATTAINED16GRADED16A
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,• Which16nursing16intervention16focuses16on16managing16a16common16characteri
stic16of16major16depressive16disorder16associated16with16the16older16population?
a. Conducting16routine16suicide16screenings16at16a16senior16center.
b. Identifying16depression16as16a16natural,16but16treatable16result16of16aging.
c. Identifying16males16as16being16at16a16greater16risk16for16developing16depression.
d. Stressing16that16most16individuals16experience16just16a16single16episode16o
f16major16depression16in16a16lifetime.
• Which16characteristic16identified16during16an16assessment16serves16to16su
pport16a16diagnosis16of16disruptive16mood16dysregulation16disorder?16Select1
all16that16apply.
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a. Female
b. 716years16old
c. Comorbid16autism16diagnosis
d. Outbursts16occur16at16least16once16a16week
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L1616HEALTH16FINAL16EXAM16PRACTICE16QUESTI
ONS1616WITH16ANSWERS16ATTAINED16GRADED16A
+.
, e. Temper16tantrums16occur16at16home16and16in16school
• Which16chronic16medical16condition16is16a16common16trigger16for16major16de
pressive16disorder?
a. Pain
b. Hypertension
c. Hypothyroidism
d. Crohn’s16disease
• Tammy,16a1628-year-
old16with16major16depressive16disorder16and16bulimia16nervosa,16is16ready16
for16discharge16from16the16county16hospital16after16216weeks16of16inpatient1
therapy.16Tammy16is16taking16citalopram16(Celexa)16and16reports16that16it16
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has16made16her16feel16more16hopeful.16With16a16secondary16diagnosis16of16
bulimia16nervosa,16what16is16an16alternative16antidepressant16to16consider?
a. Fluoxetine16(Prozac)
b. Isocarboxazid16(Marplan)
c. Amitriptyline
NEW16UPDATE162022/202316NURS16114216RN16MENTA
L1616HEALTH16FINAL16EXAM16PRACTICE16QUESTI
ONS1616WITH16ANSWERS16ATTAINED16GRADED16A
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