Mental Health - Pre-Assessment Quiz
(Exam Question & Answers 2025 )
A nurse is caring for a client who has depression. The client refuses to
get out of bed, go to activities, or participate in any of the unit's
programs. Which of the following responses should the nurse take? -
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔"I will help you get ready and then you can
rest after activities"
A nurse is admitting a client who is exhibiting manic behavior. The client
reports recent personal stressors including the loss of her mother and a
divorce. Which of the following is the priority nursing action? -
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Preventing self-directed violence
A nurse is caring for a client who has a new diagnosis of human
immunodeficiency virus (HIV). He states, "I don't care what the doctors
say, there is no way I can have HIV, and I don't need treatment for
something I don't have." The nurse identifies that the client is
experiencing which of the following types of crisis? - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔Situational
A nurse ins a mental health facility is interacting with a client who us
angry and becomes increasingly aggressive. Which of the following
actions should the nurse take? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Use
clarification to determine what the client is feeling
A nurse is assessing a client who is receiving treatment with multiple
antipsychotic medications and who suddenly became ill. Findings
include blood pressure changes, hyperpyrexia, and diaphoresis. The
, Mental Health - Pre-Assessment Quiz
(Exam Question & Answers 2025 )
nurse should recognize that which of the following adverse effects may
be occurring? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Neuroleptic malignant
syndrome
A nurse is caring for a client who was involved in heavy combat and
observed war casualties. The nurse should suspect that the client is
suffering from posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) if the client makes
which of the following statements? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔"In
my dreams, all I can see are the wounded reaching out and trying to
grab me."
A nurse in an acute care facility is assessing a client who had a hip
surgery and has Alzheimer's disease. The nurse asks the client how
therapy went that morning. Which of the following statements by the
client should the nurse document as confabulation? - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔"It was good. The Queen of England visited me
there."
A nurse is admitting a clients who is about to undergo surgery for
benign prostatic hypertrophy. The client states, "I don't know what I
will do if they find I have cancer." Which of the following statements
should the nurse make? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔"I'm hearing that
you are concerned that it might turn out that you have cancer."
A charge nurse is providing teaching to a staff nurse about assisting the
provider with electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). Which of the following
(Exam Question & Answers 2025 )
A nurse is caring for a client who has depression. The client refuses to
get out of bed, go to activities, or participate in any of the unit's
programs. Which of the following responses should the nurse take? -
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔"I will help you get ready and then you can
rest after activities"
A nurse is admitting a client who is exhibiting manic behavior. The client
reports recent personal stressors including the loss of her mother and a
divorce. Which of the following is the priority nursing action? -
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Preventing self-directed violence
A nurse is caring for a client who has a new diagnosis of human
immunodeficiency virus (HIV). He states, "I don't care what the doctors
say, there is no way I can have HIV, and I don't need treatment for
something I don't have." The nurse identifies that the client is
experiencing which of the following types of crisis? - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔Situational
A nurse ins a mental health facility is interacting with a client who us
angry and becomes increasingly aggressive. Which of the following
actions should the nurse take? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Use
clarification to determine what the client is feeling
A nurse is assessing a client who is receiving treatment with multiple
antipsychotic medications and who suddenly became ill. Findings
include blood pressure changes, hyperpyrexia, and diaphoresis. The
, Mental Health - Pre-Assessment Quiz
(Exam Question & Answers 2025 )
nurse should recognize that which of the following adverse effects may
be occurring? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Neuroleptic malignant
syndrome
A nurse is caring for a client who was involved in heavy combat and
observed war casualties. The nurse should suspect that the client is
suffering from posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) if the client makes
which of the following statements? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔"In
my dreams, all I can see are the wounded reaching out and trying to
grab me."
A nurse in an acute care facility is assessing a client who had a hip
surgery and has Alzheimer's disease. The nurse asks the client how
therapy went that morning. Which of the following statements by the
client should the nurse document as confabulation? - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔"It was good. The Queen of England visited me
there."
A nurse is admitting a clients who is about to undergo surgery for
benign prostatic hypertrophy. The client states, "I don't know what I
will do if they find I have cancer." Which of the following statements
should the nurse make? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔"I'm hearing that
you are concerned that it might turn out that you have cancer."
A charge nurse is providing teaching to a staff nurse about assisting the
provider with electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). Which of the following
