PRN 1562 MENTAL HEALTH EXAM 2
2025 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Interventions when a client is at risk for suicide? - ANS Remove shoestrings, curtain Rods and
glass items. Give the client plastic wear to eat with.
Signs of a bipolar manic episode? - ANS Risky behavior, high self esteem
When a client is manic the best therapeutic communication is? - ANS calm but firm, be
consistent, short explanations, redirect energy, Identify expectations and consequences.
Mini mental statues exam (MMSE) is used to? - ANS assess dementia by assessing the client's
cognitive status through a series of questions such as: word recall and following directions such
as drawing a clock face
Clients are at higher risk for suicide if? - ANS they have a family history or is abused
Compassion fatigue (Secondary Traumatic Stress) - ANS emotional effect that nurses and
other health care workers may experience by being indirectly traumatized when helping or
trying to help a person who has experienced primary traumatic stress
Restraints are used if? - ANS -patient is a danger to themselves or others
-patient is interfering with medical therapies
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, Signs of anxiety includes? - ANS impending doom, chest tightness, increased blood pressure
Lamictal(lamotrigine) - ANS Used to treat bipolar disorder and can cause a rash called
steven-Johnson syndrome
Celexa (citalopram) used to treat? - ANS depression
Citalopram and selegiline should? - ANS not be combined. It can cause serotonin syndrome.
Signs include confusion, hallucination, seizure, changes in blood pressure, increased heart rate,
blurred vision, tremor, nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea. Severe cases may result in coma or
death
Fluvoxamine (Luvox) used to treat? - ANS OCD (obsessive compulsive disorder) side effects
are sexual dysfunction and suicidal thinking
Obsessions are what? - ANS what they think thoughts
A compulsion is what? - ANS what they do actions
Compulsions includes? - ANS repetitive or irresistible behaviors like counting, chanting,
checking, washing, tapping and ordering
. Buspirone used to treat? - ANS anxiety
side effects are sedation
Valproic Acid (Depakote) - ANS anticonvulsant also used as a mood stabilizer
used to treat bipolar disorder. You must monitor liver function. Side effects include birth
defects
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2025 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Interventions when a client is at risk for suicide? - ANS Remove shoestrings, curtain Rods and
glass items. Give the client plastic wear to eat with.
Signs of a bipolar manic episode? - ANS Risky behavior, high self esteem
When a client is manic the best therapeutic communication is? - ANS calm but firm, be
consistent, short explanations, redirect energy, Identify expectations and consequences.
Mini mental statues exam (MMSE) is used to? - ANS assess dementia by assessing the client's
cognitive status through a series of questions such as: word recall and following directions such
as drawing a clock face
Clients are at higher risk for suicide if? - ANS they have a family history or is abused
Compassion fatigue (Secondary Traumatic Stress) - ANS emotional effect that nurses and
other health care workers may experience by being indirectly traumatized when helping or
trying to help a person who has experienced primary traumatic stress
Restraints are used if? - ANS -patient is a danger to themselves or others
-patient is interfering with medical therapies
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@COPYRIGHT @THEBRIGHT 2025/2026
, Signs of anxiety includes? - ANS impending doom, chest tightness, increased blood pressure
Lamictal(lamotrigine) - ANS Used to treat bipolar disorder and can cause a rash called
steven-Johnson syndrome
Celexa (citalopram) used to treat? - ANS depression
Citalopram and selegiline should? - ANS not be combined. It can cause serotonin syndrome.
Signs include confusion, hallucination, seizure, changes in blood pressure, increased heart rate,
blurred vision, tremor, nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea. Severe cases may result in coma or
death
Fluvoxamine (Luvox) used to treat? - ANS OCD (obsessive compulsive disorder) side effects
are sexual dysfunction and suicidal thinking
Obsessions are what? - ANS what they think thoughts
A compulsion is what? - ANS what they do actions
Compulsions includes? - ANS repetitive or irresistible behaviors like counting, chanting,
checking, washing, tapping and ordering
. Buspirone used to treat? - ANS anxiety
side effects are sedation
Valproic Acid (Depakote) - ANS anticonvulsant also used as a mood stabilizer
used to treat bipolar disorder. You must monitor liver function. Side effects include birth
defects
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@COPYRIGHT @THEBRIGHT 2025/2026
