NURS 3524 MENTAL HEALTH EXAM |ORIGINAL 380QS&AS|ALREADY GRADED A+|100%
VERIFIED
What diagnostic criteria differentiates delirium from dementia?
a. Language disturbance
b. Memory impairment
c. Disturbance of consciousness
d. Apraxia - (ANSWER)c. Disturbance of consciousness
What medication instruction should the nurse include in the discharge teaching plan of an adolescent
patient who was recently placed on an antidepressant? There may be:
a. A decrease in the patient's neurodevelopment.
b. An increase in suicidal thoughts and behaviors.
c. A need for a longer treatment period to evaluate effectiveness.
d. A delayed response. - (ANSWER)b. An increase in suicidal thoughts and behaviors.
A student nurse exhibits which appropriate action that demonstrates a therapeutic relationship while
interacting with their patient?
a. Sitting attentively in silence with a withdrawn patient until the patient chooses to speak.
b. Controlling the pace of the relationship by selecting topics for each interaction
c. Offering the patient advice on how he or she could cope more effectively with stress
d. Limiting the discussion of relationship termination so as not to sadden the patient. - (ANSWER)
The patient's daughter tells the nurse the patient did not recognize her at the visit. The patient is
experiencing:
,NURS 3524 MENTAL HEALTH EXAM |ORIGINAL 380QS&AS|ALREADY GRADED A+|100%
VERIFIED
a. Apraxia
b. Aphasia
c. Agnosia
d. Akathisia - (ANSWER)c. Agnosia
A patient at the community mental health center tends to stop taking her Valproic Acid at intervals,
usually leading to her health decompensating. Which intervention would most likely improve her
adherence to using the medication?
a. Discourage patient from focusing on adverse effects and other excuses for stopping her pills.
b. Advise the patient that if she stops her medications, her doctor will hospitalize her.
c. Arrange for the patient to receive daily home care visits so the use of medications is monitored.
d. Help the patient understand her illness and allow her to share in decisions about her care. -
(ANSWER)d. Help the patient understand her illness and allow her to share in decisions about her care.
A 15-year-old is in the process of being discharged from the hospital after a suicide attempt. Which is
the least effective strategy for discharge planning?
a. Organize a family meeting to discuss family supports needed for the patient to recover
b. Encourage the patient to continually report their mood and feelings to family members.
c. Provide the patient and their family referrals to community-based resources for follow up.
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d. Help the patient understand her illness and allow her to share in decisions about her care. -
(ANSWER)d. Help the patient understand her illness and allow her to share in decisions about her care.
A nurse is supporting a patient recently diagnosed with Generalized Anxiety Disorder with discharge
planning. What is the most appropriate goal to prevent relapse?
a. Encourage patient to avoid all situations that cause them anxiety
b. Continue contact with the crisis line when anxious feelings increase
c. Label situations which increase the patient's anxiety
d. Encourage patient to ignore feelings of anxiety - (ANSWER)c. Label situations which increase the
patient's anxiety
A nurse is reviewing the patient's chart at the start of his evening shift and finds the new admission from
day shift is on a Form 1. What should the nurse do as an intervention for this client?
a. Ask the patient why they are in the hospital
b. Provide the patient reading materials about their diagnosis
c. Put the patient on close observation for self-harm or threat to others
d. Wait for the family to arrive to complete the patient's medical history - (ANSWER)c. Put the patient on
close observation for self-harm or threat to others
VERIFIED
What diagnostic criteria differentiates delirium from dementia?
a. Language disturbance
b. Memory impairment
c. Disturbance of consciousness
d. Apraxia - (ANSWER)c. Disturbance of consciousness
What medication instruction should the nurse include in the discharge teaching plan of an adolescent
patient who was recently placed on an antidepressant? There may be:
a. A decrease in the patient's neurodevelopment.
b. An increase in suicidal thoughts and behaviors.
c. A need for a longer treatment period to evaluate effectiveness.
d. A delayed response. - (ANSWER)b. An increase in suicidal thoughts and behaviors.
A student nurse exhibits which appropriate action that demonstrates a therapeutic relationship while
interacting with their patient?
a. Sitting attentively in silence with a withdrawn patient until the patient chooses to speak.
b. Controlling the pace of the relationship by selecting topics for each interaction
c. Offering the patient advice on how he or she could cope more effectively with stress
d. Limiting the discussion of relationship termination so as not to sadden the patient. - (ANSWER)
The patient's daughter tells the nurse the patient did not recognize her at the visit. The patient is
experiencing:
,NURS 3524 MENTAL HEALTH EXAM |ORIGINAL 380QS&AS|ALREADY GRADED A+|100%
VERIFIED
a. Apraxia
b. Aphasia
c. Agnosia
d. Akathisia - (ANSWER)c. Agnosia
A patient at the community mental health center tends to stop taking her Valproic Acid at intervals,
usually leading to her health decompensating. Which intervention would most likely improve her
adherence to using the medication?
a. Discourage patient from focusing on adverse effects and other excuses for stopping her pills.
b. Advise the patient that if she stops her medications, her doctor will hospitalize her.
c. Arrange for the patient to receive daily home care visits so the use of medications is monitored.
d. Help the patient understand her illness and allow her to share in decisions about her care. -
(ANSWER)d. Help the patient understand her illness and allow her to share in decisions about her care.
A 15-year-old is in the process of being discharged from the hospital after a suicide attempt. Which is
the least effective strategy for discharge planning?
a. Organize a family meeting to discuss family supports needed for the patient to recover
b. Encourage the patient to continually report their mood and feelings to family members.
c. Provide the patient and their family referrals to community-based resources for follow up.
, NURS 3524 MENTAL HEALTH EXAM |ORIGINAL 380QS&AS|ALREADY GRADED A+|100%
VERIFIED
d. Help the patient understand her illness and allow her to share in decisions about her care. -
(ANSWER)d. Help the patient understand her illness and allow her to share in decisions about her care.
A nurse is supporting a patient recently diagnosed with Generalized Anxiety Disorder with discharge
planning. What is the most appropriate goal to prevent relapse?
a. Encourage patient to avoid all situations that cause them anxiety
b. Continue contact with the crisis line when anxious feelings increase
c. Label situations which increase the patient's anxiety
d. Encourage patient to ignore feelings of anxiety - (ANSWER)c. Label situations which increase the
patient's anxiety
A nurse is reviewing the patient's chart at the start of his evening shift and finds the new admission from
day shift is on a Form 1. What should the nurse do as an intervention for this client?
a. Ask the patient why they are in the hospital
b. Provide the patient reading materials about their diagnosis
c. Put the patient on close observation for self-harm or threat to others
d. Wait for the family to arrive to complete the patient's medical history - (ANSWER)c. Put the patient on
close observation for self-harm or threat to others
