NURS 307: Integrating Mental Health &
Addiction |Practice Quiz (10 Qs)
1 - Which therapeutic communication technique is most
appropriate to encourage a patient to describe feelings and
elaborate on concerns?
• Giving advice to the patient about what to do
• Using open-ended questions and reflective listening
• Changing the subject to a more positive topic
• Interrupting to correct the patient's inaccurate statements
Answer: Using open-ended questions and reflective listening
2 - Common clinical features of acute alcohol withdrawal
include which of the following? (Select all that apply.)
• Tremor (shaking)
• Diaphoresis and tachycardia
• Seizures
• Miosis (pinpoint pupils)
• Visual or tactile hallucinations
Answer: Tremor (shaking), Diaphoresis and tachycardia, Seizures,
Visual or tactile hallucinations
3 - Which criterion best supports involuntary psychiatric
hospitalization (civil commitment) in most jurisdictions?
• A diagnosis of a chronic mental illness regardless of behavior
• Evidence that the person is a danger to self or others or is
gravely disabled
• The person's refusal to take prescribed medication
• A single episode of verbal expression of anger toward a
provider
Addiction |Practice Quiz (10 Qs)
1 - Which therapeutic communication technique is most
appropriate to encourage a patient to describe feelings and
elaborate on concerns?
• Giving advice to the patient about what to do
• Using open-ended questions and reflective listening
• Changing the subject to a more positive topic
• Interrupting to correct the patient's inaccurate statements
Answer: Using open-ended questions and reflective listening
2 - Common clinical features of acute alcohol withdrawal
include which of the following? (Select all that apply.)
• Tremor (shaking)
• Diaphoresis and tachycardia
• Seizures
• Miosis (pinpoint pupils)
• Visual or tactile hallucinations
Answer: Tremor (shaking), Diaphoresis and tachycardia, Seizures,
Visual or tactile hallucinations
3 - Which criterion best supports involuntary psychiatric
hospitalization (civil commitment) in most jurisdictions?
• A diagnosis of a chronic mental illness regardless of behavior
• Evidence that the person is a danger to self or others or is
gravely disabled
• The person's refusal to take prescribed medication
• A single episode of verbal expression of anger toward a
provider
