HESI PN Mental Health Exam Prep Questions & Knowledge Review Questions And Answers.

HESI PN Mental Health Exam Prep
Questions & Knowledge Review
Questions And Answers.


A married male client with three children has lost his job and states that he feels useless.
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He is tearful, upset, and embarrassed. What is an appropriate objective of care for this
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client?
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1. Limiting tearfulness
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2. Increasing self-esteem
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3. Controlling feelings of sadness
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4. Promoting acceptance by others - Verified ANS ✔✔ - 2. Increasing self-esteem
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The loss of a job can precipitate negative feelings about the self and decrease self-esteem.
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Feelings should be expressed, not limited; attempting to decrease a client's crying often
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ends up worsening it. Crying is not necessarily an expression of sadness; other feelings
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are involved. The focus should be on the client's self-acceptance, not acceptance by
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others.
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A 44-year-old client has been unable to function since her husband asked for a divorce 2
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weeks ago. She is brought to the crisis intervention center by a friend. What type of crisis is
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this situation?
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2. Situational
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3. Maturational
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4. Developmental - Verified ANS ✔✔ - 2. Situational
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Situational crises involve an unanticipated loss, such as a divorce, that is threatening to the
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client. Social crises involve multiple losses such as those occurring during major disasters.
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Maturational crises occur in response to stress experienced as one struggles with
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developmental tasks. Developmental (maturational) crises are associated with
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developmental tasks; divorce is not a developmental task.
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A resident in a nursing home recently immigrated to the United States from Italy. How does
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the nurse plan to provide emotional support?
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1. By offering choices consistent with the client's heritage
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2. By ensuring that the client understands American beliefs
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3. By assisting the client in adjusting to the American culture
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4. By correcting the client's misconceptions about appropriate health practices - Verified
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ANS ✔✔ - 1. By offering choices consistent with the client's heritage
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,Adherence to a plan of care is enhanced by the nurse's providing choices consistent with
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the client's cultural beliefs and practices. The nurse's cultural or personal beliefs and
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biases should not influence or interfere with the implementation of appropriate care.
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Helping the client adjust to the American culture is not the priority at this time; care should
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be adapted to the client's needs and culture. The person's cultural practices should not be
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addressed unless they are detrimental to the person's health.
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A nurse should reassess an older adult client's needs and current plan of care when the
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client's behavior indicates the development of what symptom?
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1. Confusion
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2. Hypochondriasis
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3. Additional complaints
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4. Increased socialization - Verified ANS ✔✔ - 1. Confusion
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The development of confusion indicates that the client's ability to maintain equilibrium has
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not been achieved and that further disequilibrium is occurring. Hypochondriasis and
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additional complaints do not indicate that the plan needs to be changed unless the client's
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history demonstrates no prior use of these defenses. Increased socialization is a positive
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response to the plan of care that does not require reassessment.
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An injured child is brought to the emergency department by the parents. While interviewing
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the parents, the nurse begins to suspect child abuse. Which parental behaviors might
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support this conclusion? Select all that apply.
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1. Demonstrating concern for the injured child
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2. Focusing on the child's role in sustaining the injury
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3. Changing the story of how the child sustained the injury
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4. Asking questions about the injury and the child's prognosis
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5. Giving an explanation of how the injury occurred that is not consistent with the injury -
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Verified ANS ✔✔ - 2. Focusing on the child's role in sustaining the injury
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3. Changing the story of how the child sustained the injury
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5. Giving an explanation of how the injury occurred that is not consistent with the injury
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The child is often made the scapegoat in the situation; the parents blame the child because
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they have unrealistic expectations of the child. Discrepancies or inconsistencies in the
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history result from attempts to present a story that is not based in fact. Discrepancies
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between the parental explanation for the child's injuries and the physical findings or
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discrepancies in the history that each parent gives are common because the information
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that is being provided is not based in fact. Abusive parents usually do not ask questions
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about the injury or prognosis and demonstrate little or no interest in their child's well-being.
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A nurse is planning to teach a client about self-care. What level of anxiety will best enhance
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the client's learning abilities?
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4. Moderate - Verified ANS ✔✔ - 1. Mild
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,Mild anxiety motivates one to action, such as learning or making changes. Higher levels of
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anxiety tend to blur the individual's perceptions and interfere with functioning. Attention is
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severely reduced by panic. The perceptual field is greatly reduced with severe anxiety and
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narrowed with moderate anxiety.
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A nurse is caring for depressed older adults. What precipitating factors for depression are
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most common in the older adult without cognitive problems? Select all that apply.
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1. Dementia
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2. Multiple losses
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3. Declines in health
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4. A milestone birthday
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5. An injury requiring hospitalization - Verified ANS ✔✔ - 2. Multiple losses
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3. Declines in health
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friends (e.g., death, relocation) and declines in mobility, health, and income. A decline in
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health, particularly when associated with a chronic illness, frequently precipitates
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depression in older adults. Dementia is a cognitive problem. Research does not correlate
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the onset of depression with a milestone birthday in older adults. A traumatic injury does
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not precipitate the onset of depression in the older adult as often as does a chronic illness.
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The nurse observes biting, rocking, sucking, and lags in intellectual development in a child.
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She also concludes the child is suffering from sleep disorders. What could be the reason
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for the child's condition?
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1. Physical neglect
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2. Sexual abuse
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3. Physical abuse
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4. Emotional abuse - Verified ANS ✔✔ - 4. Emotional abuse
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The child may be neglected if the parent is having a mental illness such as psychosis.
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Sleep disorders, feeding disorders, biting, rocking, sucking, and lags in intellectual
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development are behavioral findings associated with emotional abuse. Physical neglect,
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sexual abuse, and physical abuse manifest in different sets of signs and symptoms.
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Which emotional condition may be apparent in a client with an addiction?
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1. Insomnia
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2. Social isolation
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3. Acute confusion
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4. Functional urinary incontinence - Verified ANS ✔✔ - 2. Social isolation
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Social isolation is an emotional condition that may be apparent in a client with an addiction.
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Insomnia, acute confusion, and functional urinary incontinence are physical, not
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emotional, conditions that may be apparent in clients with addiction.
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A client who has been battling cancer of the ovary for 7 years is admitted to the hospital in a
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debilitated state. The healthcare provider tells the client that she is too frail for surgery or
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further chemotherapy. When making rounds during the night, the nurse enters the client's
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room and finds her crying. Which is the most appropriate intervention by the nurse?
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, 1. Sit down quietly next to the bed and allow her to cry.
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2. Pull the curtain and leave the room to provide privacy for the client.
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3. Explain to the client that her feelings are expected and they will pass with time.
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4. Observe the length of time the client cries and document her difficulty accepting her
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impending death. - Verified ANS ✔✔ - 1. Sit down quietly next to the bed and allow her to
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cry.
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Sitting down quietly next to the bed and allowing her to cry demonstrates acceptance of the
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client's behavior and provides an opportunity for the client to verbally express feelings if
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desired. Pulling the curtain and leaving the room to provide privacy for the client may make
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the client feel that the behavior is wrong or is annoying others. Also, it abandons the client
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when support is needed. Explaining to the client that her feelings are expected and they
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will pass with time closes off communication and does not provide an opportunity for the
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client to talk about feelings. Also, it provides false reassurance. The length of time she
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cries is unimportant at this time. Assuming that she is having difficulty accepting her
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impending death is a conclusion without enough information.
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Which of these are symptoms of depression commonly observed in older adults? Select all
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that apply.
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3. Agitation
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4. Increased sleep
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5. Increased appetite - Verified ANS ✔✔ - 1. Fatigue
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3. Agitation
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Symptoms of depression that are often observed in older adults include fatigue, sadness,
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and agitation. Insomnia is more likely than increased sleep to occur in depressed older
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adults. Anorexia, rather than increased appetite, is more likely to occur in depressed older
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adults.
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A nurse is aware that after the administration of alprazolam (Xanax) is started, it is
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important to observe the client for side effects. What is the nurse's initial action?
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1. Measuring the client's urine output
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2. Examining the client's pupils daily
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3. Checking the client's blood pressure
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4. Monitoring the abdomen for distention - Verified ANS ✔✔ - 3. Checking the client's
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blood pressure
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therapy. Central nervous system depression is not an early side effect, but it may occur
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after prolonged use. An alteration in urine output is not a common side effect, but it may
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occur after prolonged use. Distention is not a common side effect, but distention from
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constipation may occur after prolonged use.
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