NSG 5442 EXAM 1 – LATEST 2025 EDITION |
ACCURATE TEST BANK Q&A, GRADED A+
A mental health nurse is teaching the mother of a child with executive functioning issues ways to help
her child. Interventions the mother should use include:
1. Placing visual aids on the bathroom mirror so that the child will follow the morning routine.
2. Give the child a choice in foods to eat.
3. Allowing the child to ask for help when needed.
4. Reminding the child to be nice to others.
1. Placing visual aids on the bathroom mirror so that the child will follow the morning routine.
Ellie, a 9-year-old girl, was adopted by a family at the age of 4 after several years of severe neglect by
her birth family. The adoptive family has been reporting that Ellie is angry a lot, manipulative with her
teachers, and does not seek positive attention. The nurse working with Ellie will need to:
1. Provide education on decreasing stimuli in the home environment that triggers the anger.
2. Realize Ellie may have attachment issues related to her previous history and will need to encourage
the family to be active in her care.
3. Support the family in the decision-making process of continuing to let Ellie live in the home.
,4. Discuss inpatient therapy to decrease Ellies manipulative behavior patterns.
2. Realize Ellie may have attachment issues related to her previous history and will need to encourage
the family to be active in her care.
An infant displays depression by:
1. Smiling at strangers.
2. Bonding to someone other than the immediate family.
3. Crying more than an average infant.
4. Looks away when an adult attempts to play with the infant.
4. Looks away when an adult attempts to play with the infant
A father reports that his adolescent daughter has gotten good grades up until the last quarter of school.
She has been hanging out by herself and does not want to talk to him anymore. The mental health nurse
should:
1. Realize that this is a natural part of growing up.
2. Perform a mental health screening to check for depression.
3. Attempt to get the adolescent to discuss why she does not like her father
anymore.
,4. Let the adolescent talk when she is ready.
2. Perform a mental health screening to check for depression.
A teen should be checked for depression at physician visit(s).
1. Every
2. One
3. Monthly
4. Bi-yearly
1. Every
When using the SAD FACES depression screen, it is important to assess:
1. Anhedonia.
2. Suicidal ideations.
3. Sleep patterns.
4. All of the above
, 4. All of the above
A school nurse is giving an in-service to teachers on bullycide. The main reason for the teaching is so
that:
1. Teachers are aware bullying occurs.
2. Teachers are able to identify students who are risk.
3. Teachers can be aware of the fact that suicides can happen due to bullying by others.
4. Teachers are aware of their role in causing bullycide.
3. Teachers can be aware of the fact that suicides can happen due to bullying by others.
An adolescent with a known history of bipolar disorder is in the school nurses office because a teacher
reported that she was talking fast and acting like she was God. The school nurse assesses the girl and
notes that:
1. She is probably in a manic phase and needs to be treated professionally.
2. She has had too much sleep and is now hyperactive.
3. She forgot to take her medications today.
4. She requires some food and rest before going back to class.
1. She is probably in a manic phase and needs to be treated professionally.
ACCURATE TEST BANK Q&A, GRADED A+
A mental health nurse is teaching the mother of a child with executive functioning issues ways to help
her child. Interventions the mother should use include:
1. Placing visual aids on the bathroom mirror so that the child will follow the morning routine.
2. Give the child a choice in foods to eat.
3. Allowing the child to ask for help when needed.
4. Reminding the child to be nice to others.
1. Placing visual aids on the bathroom mirror so that the child will follow the morning routine.
Ellie, a 9-year-old girl, was adopted by a family at the age of 4 after several years of severe neglect by
her birth family. The adoptive family has been reporting that Ellie is angry a lot, manipulative with her
teachers, and does not seek positive attention. The nurse working with Ellie will need to:
1. Provide education on decreasing stimuli in the home environment that triggers the anger.
2. Realize Ellie may have attachment issues related to her previous history and will need to encourage
the family to be active in her care.
3. Support the family in the decision-making process of continuing to let Ellie live in the home.
,4. Discuss inpatient therapy to decrease Ellies manipulative behavior patterns.
2. Realize Ellie may have attachment issues related to her previous history and will need to encourage
the family to be active in her care.
An infant displays depression by:
1. Smiling at strangers.
2. Bonding to someone other than the immediate family.
3. Crying more than an average infant.
4. Looks away when an adult attempts to play with the infant.
4. Looks away when an adult attempts to play with the infant
A father reports that his adolescent daughter has gotten good grades up until the last quarter of school.
She has been hanging out by herself and does not want to talk to him anymore. The mental health nurse
should:
1. Realize that this is a natural part of growing up.
2. Perform a mental health screening to check for depression.
3. Attempt to get the adolescent to discuss why she does not like her father
anymore.
,4. Let the adolescent talk when she is ready.
2. Perform a mental health screening to check for depression.
A teen should be checked for depression at physician visit(s).
1. Every
2. One
3. Monthly
4. Bi-yearly
1. Every
When using the SAD FACES depression screen, it is important to assess:
1. Anhedonia.
2. Suicidal ideations.
3. Sleep patterns.
4. All of the above
, 4. All of the above
A school nurse is giving an in-service to teachers on bullycide. The main reason for the teaching is so
that:
1. Teachers are aware bullying occurs.
2. Teachers are able to identify students who are risk.
3. Teachers can be aware of the fact that suicides can happen due to bullying by others.
4. Teachers are aware of their role in causing bullycide.
3. Teachers can be aware of the fact that suicides can happen due to bullying by others.
An adolescent with a known history of bipolar disorder is in the school nurses office because a teacher
reported that she was talking fast and acting like she was God. The school nurse assesses the girl and
notes that:
1. She is probably in a manic phase and needs to be treated professionally.
2. She has had too much sleep and is now hyperactive.
3. She forgot to take her medications today.
4. She requires some food and rest before going back to class.
1. She is probably in a manic phase and needs to be treated professionally.
