MENTAL HEALTH NCLEX WITH CORRECT ANSWERS | GRADED A+ | 2024

MENTAL HEALTH NCLEX WITH CORRECT ANSWERS | GRADED A+ | 2024 A client with a diagnosis of major depression who has attempted suicide says to a nurse, "i should have died. Ive always been a failure. Nothing ever goes right for me." The therapeutic response to the client is: A. "I dont see you as a failure." B. "You have everything to live for." C. "Feeling like this is all a part of being ill." D. "You've been feeling like a failure for a while?" ANS, D. -responding to the feelings expressed by a client is an effective therapeutic communication technique. A community health nurse visits a client at home. The client states, "I haven't slept at all the last couple of nights." Which response by the nurse illustrates a therapeutic communication technique for this client: A. "Go on." B. "Sleeping?" C. "You're having difficulty sleeping?" D. "Sometimes, i have trouble sleeping too." ANS, C. -restatement. That has a prompting component to it, it repeats the clients major theme, which assists the nurse to obtain a more specific perception of the problems A client admitted to the mental health unit is experiencing disturbed thought processes and believes that the food is being poisoned. Which communication technique would a nurse plan to use to encourage the client to eat? A. Use open-ended questions and silence B. Focusing on self-discourse regarding food preferences C. List possible reasons in the care that the client may no want to eat D. Offering onion about the necessity of adequate nutrition. ANS, A. -open ended questions and silence are strategies used to encourage clients to discuss their problem