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NUR 255 EXAM – GALEN COLLEGE OF NURSING TEST
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Chapter 01: Mental Health and Mental Illness
Foundations of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing: A Clinical
Approach, 8th Edition
A nurse wants to find a description of diagnostic criteria
for anxiety disorders. Which resource would have the
most complete information?
a. Nursing Outcomes Classification (NOC)
b. DSM-V
c. The ANA’s Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing
Scope and Standards of Practice
d. ICD-10
ANS: B
The DSM-V details the diagnostic criteria for psychiatric
clinical conditions. It is the official guideline for diagnosing
psychiatric disorders. The other references are good
resources but do not define the diagnostic criteria.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Understand
(Comprehension) REF: Pages 1-18, 19 TOP: Nursing
Process: Implementation MSC: Client Needs: Safe, Effective
Care Environment
Which individual is demonstrating the highest level of
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resilience? One who
a. is able to repress stressors.
b. becomes depressed after the death of
a spouse.
c. lives in a shelter for 2 years after the
home is destroyed by fire.
d. takes a temporary job to maintain financial
stability after loss of a permanent job.
ANS: D
Resilience is closely associated with the process of
adapting and helps people facing tragedies, loss, trauma,
and severe stress. It is the ability and capacity for people
to secure the resources they need to support their well-
being. Repression and depression are unhealthy.
Living in a shelter for 2 years shows a failure to move
forward after a tragedy. See related audience response
question.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level:
Apply (Application) REF:
Pages 1-5, 6 TOP:
Nursing Process: Assessment
MSC: Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity
Complete this analogy. NANDA: clinical judgment: NIC:
a. patient
outcomes.
b. nursing
actions.
c. diagnosis.
d. symptoms.
ANS: B
Analogies show parallel relationships. NANDA, the North
American Nursing Diagnosis Association, identifies diagnostic
statements regarding human responses to actual or potential
health problems. These statements represent clinical
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judgments. NIC (Nursing Interventions Classification)
identifies
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Analyze (Analysis) REF: ZI ZI ZI ZI ZI
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ANS: E Z I
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Halter: Varcarolis’
NUR 255 EXAM – GALEN COLLEGE OF NURSING TEST
BANK NEWEST 2026 ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
ALL ANSWERED / ALREADY GRADED A+ | BRAND NEW!
| 100% PASS (35 CHAPTERS)
Chapter 01: Mental Health and Mental Illness
Foundations of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing: A Clinical
Approach, 8th Edition
A nurse wants to find a description of diagnostic criteria
for anxiety disorders. Which resource would have the
most complete information?
a. Nursing Outcomes Classification (NOC)
b. DSM-V
c. The ANA’s Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing
Scope and Standards of Practice
d. ICD-10
ANS: B
The DSM-V details the diagnostic criteria for psychiatric
clinical conditions. It is the official guideline for diagnosing
psychiatric disorders. The other references are good
resources but do not define the diagnostic criteria.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Understand
(Comprehension) REF: Pages 1-18, 19 TOP: Nursing
Process: Implementation MSC: Client Needs: Safe, Effective
Care Environment
Which individual is demonstrating the highest level of
GALEN COLLEGE OF NURSING NUR 255 TEST BANK
EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS BEST GRADED A+
LATEST UPDATE 2026
,2|Page
resilience? One who
a. is able to repress stressors.
b. becomes depressed after the death of
a spouse.
c. lives in a shelter for 2 years after the
home is destroyed by fire.
d. takes a temporary job to maintain financial
stability after loss of a permanent job.
ANS: D
Resilience is closely associated with the process of
adapting and helps people facing tragedies, loss, trauma,
and severe stress. It is the ability and capacity for people
to secure the resources they need to support their well-
being. Repression and depression are unhealthy.
Living in a shelter for 2 years shows a failure to move
forward after a tragedy. See related audience response
question.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level:
Apply (Application) REF:
Pages 1-5, 6 TOP:
Nursing Process: Assessment
MSC: Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity
Complete this analogy. NANDA: clinical judgment: NIC:
a. patient
outcomes.
b. nursing
actions.
c. diagnosis.
d. symptoms.
ANS: B
Analogies show parallel relationships. NANDA, the North
American Nursing Diagnosis Association, identifies diagnostic
statements regarding human responses to actual or potential
health problems. These statements represent clinical
GALEN COLLEGE OF NURSING NUR 255 TEST BANK
EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS BEST GRADED A+
LATEST UPDATE 2026
,3|Page
judgments. NIC (Nursing Interventions Classification)
identifies
GALEN COLLEGE OF NURSING NUR 255 TEST BANK
EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS BEST GRADED A+
LATEST UPDATE 2026
, GALEN COLLEGE OF NURSING NUR 255 TEST BANK
EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS BEST GRADED A+
LATEST UPDATE 2022 (35 CHAPTERS)
actions provided by nurses that enhance patient outcomes. Nursi
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Pages 1-21, 22 TOP: Nursing ZI Z I Z I
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An adult says, “Most of the time I’m happy and feel good a
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bout myself. I have learned that what I get out of something is
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proportional to the effort I put into it.” Which number on thisme ZI ZI ZI ZI ZI ZI ZI ZI ZI ZI ZI
ntal health continuum should the nurse select?
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Mental Mental
Illness Health
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c. 3
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ANS: E Z I
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concept. The statement indicates the adult is reality-
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Halter: Varcarolis’
