CA PT BOARD EXAM REVIEW - PSYCHIATRIC
NURSING EXAM PRACTICE QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS NEW UPDATE
The client awakens one day and is uncommunicative. There is no response to staff or peers.
The most appropriate approach is to:
a. insist that the client participate in activities.
b. recognize that the behavior is attention seeking and ignore it.
c. sit with the client periodically throughout the shift.
d. encourage verbal responses by telling the patient to ventilate. --CORRECT ANSWER--c.
sit with the client periodically throughout the shift.
Appropriate intervention strategies when working with families include:
a. conveying warmth and acceptance of all members.
b. developing an alliance with the identified patient.
c. advising the family in ways to identify problems and solutions.
d. assisting the family in disengaging as a group. --CORRECT ANSWER--a. conveying
warmth and acceptance of all members.
Which of the following is characteristic of the initial phase of group development when
developing a functioning group?
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,a. Most members are comfortable and at ease in the group.
b. Many members will compete for the group leadership role.
c. Feelings of intimacy and closeness are readily apparent.
d. Testing behaviors are not unusual. --CORRECT ANSWER--d. Testing behaviors are not
unusual.
The client is observed talking to an imaginary person. The client is most likely responding to:
a. environmental stimuli.
b. delusional material.
c. hallucinations.
d. ideas of reference. --CORRECT ANSWER--c. hallucinations.
Which of the following will be most useful in assisting the client cope with a stressful
situation?
a. Practicing active listening.
b. Being skillful in the assessment process.
c. Advising the client of effective problem solving techniques.
d. Telling the client that everything will be all right. --CORRECT ANSWER--a. Practicing
active listening.
The Psychiatric Technician can best assist an individual of a different culture adjust to life in
a new community by:
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,a. Encouraging the detachment from family and friends.
b. Becoming familiar with the client's communication patterns.
c. Describing the new customs in the community.
d. Immersing the individual in the dominant culture. --CORRECT ANSWER--b. Becoming
familiar with the client's communication patterns.
A fifteen year old patient in a psychiatric facility says, "I going to be a Psych Tech." This is
an example of:
a. identification
b. regression
c. reaction formation
d. displacement --CORRECT ANSWER--a. identification
In order to determine the client's perception of the reason for admission to the psychiatric
facility, it will be most appropriate for the psychiatric technician to say:
a. "Did the police bring you here?"
b. "Tell me about your life."
c. "Why did you come here?"
d. "I guess you are pretty confused about all this. --CORRECT ANSWER--c. "Why did you
come here?"
In establishing a therapeutic relationship with a client, it is imperative that the Psychiatric
Technician demonstrate the ability to:
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, a. see the client's world from client's perspective.
b. recognize that the client is bound to the past.
c. focus on content rather than feelings.
d. tell the client that all problems have solutions. --CORRECT ANSWER--a. see the client's
world from client's perspective.
Which of the following is most important when caring for the client in the first phase of
alcohol withdrawal?
a. correction of vitamin deficiencies.
b. assist the client in recognition of alcoholism as a problem.
c. provide the care and administer medications which minimize the effects of delirium
tremens.
d. keep the client in a quiet, dark room and discourage contact with other clients. --
CORRECT ANSWER--c. provide the care and administer medications which minimize the
effects of delirium tremens.
The doctor has ordered the drug naloxone (narcan) to be given stat. The Psychiatric
Technician knows that this preparation will act to:
a. decrease the respiratory rate.
b. enhance the effect of the narcotic analgesic preparations.
c. slow the heart rate.
d. prevent or reverse the effects of opioids. --CORRECT ANSWER--d. prevent or reverse the
effects of opioids.
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NURSING EXAM PRACTICE QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS NEW UPDATE
The client awakens one day and is uncommunicative. There is no response to staff or peers.
The most appropriate approach is to:
a. insist that the client participate in activities.
b. recognize that the behavior is attention seeking and ignore it.
c. sit with the client periodically throughout the shift.
d. encourage verbal responses by telling the patient to ventilate. --CORRECT ANSWER--c.
sit with the client periodically throughout the shift.
Appropriate intervention strategies when working with families include:
a. conveying warmth and acceptance of all members.
b. developing an alliance with the identified patient.
c. advising the family in ways to identify problems and solutions.
d. assisting the family in disengaging as a group. --CORRECT ANSWER--a. conveying
warmth and acceptance of all members.
Which of the following is characteristic of the initial phase of group development when
developing a functioning group?
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,a. Most members are comfortable and at ease in the group.
b. Many members will compete for the group leadership role.
c. Feelings of intimacy and closeness are readily apparent.
d. Testing behaviors are not unusual. --CORRECT ANSWER--d. Testing behaviors are not
unusual.
The client is observed talking to an imaginary person. The client is most likely responding to:
a. environmental stimuli.
b. delusional material.
c. hallucinations.
d. ideas of reference. --CORRECT ANSWER--c. hallucinations.
Which of the following will be most useful in assisting the client cope with a stressful
situation?
a. Practicing active listening.
b. Being skillful in the assessment process.
c. Advising the client of effective problem solving techniques.
d. Telling the client that everything will be all right. --CORRECT ANSWER--a. Practicing
active listening.
The Psychiatric Technician can best assist an individual of a different culture adjust to life in
a new community by:
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,a. Encouraging the detachment from family and friends.
b. Becoming familiar with the client's communication patterns.
c. Describing the new customs in the community.
d. Immersing the individual in the dominant culture. --CORRECT ANSWER--b. Becoming
familiar with the client's communication patterns.
A fifteen year old patient in a psychiatric facility says, "I going to be a Psych Tech." This is
an example of:
a. identification
b. regression
c. reaction formation
d. displacement --CORRECT ANSWER--a. identification
In order to determine the client's perception of the reason for admission to the psychiatric
facility, it will be most appropriate for the psychiatric technician to say:
a. "Did the police bring you here?"
b. "Tell me about your life."
c. "Why did you come here?"
d. "I guess you are pretty confused about all this. --CORRECT ANSWER--c. "Why did you
come here?"
In establishing a therapeutic relationship with a client, it is imperative that the Psychiatric
Technician demonstrate the ability to:
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, a. see the client's world from client's perspective.
b. recognize that the client is bound to the past.
c. focus on content rather than feelings.
d. tell the client that all problems have solutions. --CORRECT ANSWER--a. see the client's
world from client's perspective.
Which of the following is most important when caring for the client in the first phase of
alcohol withdrawal?
a. correction of vitamin deficiencies.
b. assist the client in recognition of alcoholism as a problem.
c. provide the care and administer medications which minimize the effects of delirium
tremens.
d. keep the client in a quiet, dark room and discourage contact with other clients. --
CORRECT ANSWER--c. provide the care and administer medications which minimize the
effects of delirium tremens.
The doctor has ordered the drug naloxone (narcan) to be given stat. The Psychiatric
Technician knows that this preparation will act to:
a. decrease the respiratory rate.
b. enhance the effect of the narcotic analgesic preparations.
c. slow the heart rate.
d. prevent or reverse the effects of opioids. --CORRECT ANSWER--d. prevent or reverse the
effects of opioids.
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