NR326 Exam 2 Mental Health Actual
Questions and Answers Latest Update
2025/2026 (Graded A+) – Chamberlain
Which question is most important for the nurse to assess suicide risk in a
client?
a. "Has anyone in your family committed suicide?"
b. "Why do you want to hurt yourself?"
c. "Do you have a plan to hurt yourself?"
d. "Can you describe how you are feeling right now?" - correct answer c.
"Do you have a plan to hurt yourself?"
A charge nurse reviews one of the 5 stages of grief according to Kubler-
Ross:
a. Disequilibrium
b. Developing awareness
c. Restitution
d. Anger - correct answer d. Anger
Which of the following statements by a client dx w/Bipolar Disorder
indicate adaptive coping?(SATA)
a. "I think about being on my favorite beach vacation when I get anxious."
b. "I tense and release my muscles, starting with my feet."
c. "I exercise aerobically three times a day for 30 minutes at a time."
d. "I get about 2-3 hours of sleep because I don't need sleep." - correct
answer a. "I think about being on my favorite beach vacation when I get
anxious."
, NR326 Exam 2 Mental Health Actual
Questions and Answers Latest Update
2025/2026 (Graded A+) – Chamberlain
b. "I tense and release my muscles, starting with my feet."
Which of the following medications should the nurse anticipate
administering prior to ECT procedure?
a. Diphenhydramine
b. Epinephrine
c. Fluoxetine
d. Atropine - correct answer d. Atropine
Preoccupation > 6 months w/excessive anxiety thinking a serious illness is
present or will be acquired.
a. Illness anxiety disorder
b. Somatic symptom disorder
c. Conversion disorder
d. Factitious disorder - correct answer a. Illness anxiety disorder
Which of the following actions should the nurse take prior to the
scheduled ECT?
a. Witness the informed consent
b. Request an ECG
c. Obtain a serum parathyroid hormone level
d. Check the client's blood pressure - correct answer a. Witness the
informed consent
b. Request and ECG
d. Check the client's BP
, NR326 Exam 2 Mental Health Actual
Questions and Answers Latest Update
2025/2026 (Graded A+) – Chamberlain
Client w/bipolar disorder shows the nurse fresh self-inflicted cuts along
her right arm. Nursing priority:
a. Inspect the cuts for debris
b. Document the size and location of the cuts
c. Implement the client's behavioral modification plan.
d. Administer a tetanus antitoxin - correct answer a. Inspect the cuts for
debris
Nurse uses cognitive reframing techniques for a patient w/anxiety
disorder. Which will the nurse choose?
a. Yoga and diaphragmatic breathing
b. Pet therapy and music therapy
c. Gym activities and power walking
d. Priority restructuring and journaling - correct answer d. Priority
restructuring and journaling
During an admission, an assessment of the client's protective factors
includes:
a. Client's plans for self-harm and ability to carry it out
b. Client's support from family, spiritual beliefs, problem-solving skills
c. Client's thoughts for harm to others and means to carry it out
, NR326 Exam 2 Mental Health Actual
Questions and Answers Latest Update
2025/2026 (Graded A+) – Chamberlain
d. Client's amount of desired medications and therapeutic benefits -
correct answer b. Client's support from family, spiritual beliefs, problem-
solving skills
Which of the following is true about suicide risk?
a. Using the term suicide increases the client's risk for a suicide attempt.
b. A no-suicide contract with the client may reduce risk.
c. A client's verbal threat of suicide is attention-seeking behavior.
d. Interventions are ineffective for clients really wanting to commit suicide.
- correct answer b. A no-suicide contract with the client may reduce risk.
The nurse is including which of the following as suicide risk factors?
a. Client's recent residential move, support, lack of access to medications
b. Clients w/ recent unemployment, new relationship, loss of
transportation
c. Client is impulsive, has hallucinations, w/past history of suicide attempts
d. Client is homeless, seeks employment, decides to stop using street drugs
- correct answer c. Client is impulsive, has hallucinations, w/past history of
suicide attempts
Which of the following findings should the nurse identify as an indication
of Derealization?
a. Client describes a feeling of floating above the ground
b. Client has suspicions of being targeted in order to be killed and robbed
Questions and Answers Latest Update
2025/2026 (Graded A+) – Chamberlain
Which question is most important for the nurse to assess suicide risk in a
client?
a. "Has anyone in your family committed suicide?"
b. "Why do you want to hurt yourself?"
c. "Do you have a plan to hurt yourself?"
d. "Can you describe how you are feeling right now?" - correct answer c.
"Do you have a plan to hurt yourself?"
A charge nurse reviews one of the 5 stages of grief according to Kubler-
Ross:
a. Disequilibrium
b. Developing awareness
c. Restitution
d. Anger - correct answer d. Anger
Which of the following statements by a client dx w/Bipolar Disorder
indicate adaptive coping?(SATA)
a. "I think about being on my favorite beach vacation when I get anxious."
b. "I tense and release my muscles, starting with my feet."
c. "I exercise aerobically three times a day for 30 minutes at a time."
d. "I get about 2-3 hours of sleep because I don't need sleep." - correct
answer a. "I think about being on my favorite beach vacation when I get
anxious."
, NR326 Exam 2 Mental Health Actual
Questions and Answers Latest Update
2025/2026 (Graded A+) – Chamberlain
b. "I tense and release my muscles, starting with my feet."
Which of the following medications should the nurse anticipate
administering prior to ECT procedure?
a. Diphenhydramine
b. Epinephrine
c. Fluoxetine
d. Atropine - correct answer d. Atropine
Preoccupation > 6 months w/excessive anxiety thinking a serious illness is
present or will be acquired.
a. Illness anxiety disorder
b. Somatic symptom disorder
c. Conversion disorder
d. Factitious disorder - correct answer a. Illness anxiety disorder
Which of the following actions should the nurse take prior to the
scheduled ECT?
a. Witness the informed consent
b. Request an ECG
c. Obtain a serum parathyroid hormone level
d. Check the client's blood pressure - correct answer a. Witness the
informed consent
b. Request and ECG
d. Check the client's BP
, NR326 Exam 2 Mental Health Actual
Questions and Answers Latest Update
2025/2026 (Graded A+) – Chamberlain
Client w/bipolar disorder shows the nurse fresh self-inflicted cuts along
her right arm. Nursing priority:
a. Inspect the cuts for debris
b. Document the size and location of the cuts
c. Implement the client's behavioral modification plan.
d. Administer a tetanus antitoxin - correct answer a. Inspect the cuts for
debris
Nurse uses cognitive reframing techniques for a patient w/anxiety
disorder. Which will the nurse choose?
a. Yoga and diaphragmatic breathing
b. Pet therapy and music therapy
c. Gym activities and power walking
d. Priority restructuring and journaling - correct answer d. Priority
restructuring and journaling
During an admission, an assessment of the client's protective factors
includes:
a. Client's plans for self-harm and ability to carry it out
b. Client's support from family, spiritual beliefs, problem-solving skills
c. Client's thoughts for harm to others and means to carry it out
, NR326 Exam 2 Mental Health Actual
Questions and Answers Latest Update
2025/2026 (Graded A+) – Chamberlain
d. Client's amount of desired medications and therapeutic benefits -
correct answer b. Client's support from family, spiritual beliefs, problem-
solving skills
Which of the following is true about suicide risk?
a. Using the term suicide increases the client's risk for a suicide attempt.
b. A no-suicide contract with the client may reduce risk.
c. A client's verbal threat of suicide is attention-seeking behavior.
d. Interventions are ineffective for clients really wanting to commit suicide.
- correct answer b. A no-suicide contract with the client may reduce risk.
The nurse is including which of the following as suicide risk factors?
a. Client's recent residential move, support, lack of access to medications
b. Clients w/ recent unemployment, new relationship, loss of
transportation
c. Client is impulsive, has hallucinations, w/past history of suicide attempts
d. Client is homeless, seeks employment, decides to stop using street drugs
- correct answer c. Client is impulsive, has hallucinations, w/past history of
suicide attempts
Which of the following findings should the nurse identify as an indication
of Derealization?
a. Client describes a feeling of floating above the ground
b. Client has suspicions of being targeted in order to be killed and robbed
