MENTAL HEALTH 83 QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
ANSWERS 2025/2026
ECT is an effective treatment for clients who have MDD, including clients who
have vegetative depression findings. - CORRECT ANSWER A nurse is teaching
about ECT with a newly licensed nurse. The nurse should identify that the newly
nurse understands the teaching when she states that ECT treats which of the
following disorders?
Identify cues in the client's behavior that might have warned them that he was
contemplating suicide. - CORRECT ANSWER A client commits suicide in an acute
mental health facility. Which of the following is the priority intervention for staff
following this incident?
viral infection - CORRECT ANSWER A nurse is assessing a client who is experiencing
chronic stress. Which of the following findings should the nurse expect?
Sit with the client and offer simple, direct information. - CORRECT ANSWER A
nurse is planning a unit orientation for a newly admitted client who had severe
depression. Which of the following should be the nurses approach?
"If I eat one piece of candy, I may as well eat ten." - CORRECT ANSWER A nurse is
assessing an adolescent client who has anorexia nervosa. Which of the following
client statements is a sign of cognitive distortion?
,Spending time sitting with the client. - CORRECT ANSWER A nurse is carrying for a
client who is hospitalized for the treatment of severe depressive. Which of the
following nurses approaches is therapeutic to include in the client plan of care?
-Amenorrhea
-Altered body image
-Hyperactivity
-Bradycardia - CORRECT ANSWER A nurse is carrying for an adolescent female who
has an eating disorder. The client is 162.6 cm tall and weighs 85 lbs. upon
assessment, which of the following manifestations should the nurse expect?
-Paroxetine - CORRECT ANSWER A nurse is reviewing medication records for
several clients who have bipolar disorder. The nurse should recognize that which
of the following medications are used to treat clients who have bipolar disorder?
-Suicide risk
-Coping strategies
-Support systems
-Alcohol use - CORRECT ANSWER A nurse is teaching staff which factors to include
in an abuse assessment of the client. Which of the following factors should the
nurse include in the teaching?
Remain with the client.
Remaining with the client will help to alleviate feelings of abandonment and
reassures the client of his safety. - CORRECT ANSWER A nurse is carrying for a
, client who is having difficulty sleeping and is pacing the floor. The clients head
downs, and he is wringing his hands. Which of the following actions should the
nurse take?
A private room in a quiet location on the unit. Near nurse station? - CORRECT
ANSWER A charge nurse is admitting a client who has bipolar disorder and who is
in the manic phase. Which of the following is the most appropriate room
assignment for this client?
"You will need to stop this medication if you experience diarrhea." - CORRECT
ANSWER A nurse is preparing to teach a client about his prescription of lithium,
for the treatment of bipolar disorder. Which of the following statements should
the nurse include in the teaching?
"You've been feeling that your life has no meaning?"
Ask open ended questions. - CORRECT ANSWER A nurse is carrying for a client
who has MDD and attempted suicide. The client tells the nurse, " I should have
died because I am totally worthless." Which of the following responses should the
nurse make?
suicide risk - CORRECT ANSWER A nurse on an inpatient mental health unit is
admitting a client who reports feeling depressed, sad moody, and overly anxious.
Which of the following is the nurses assessment priority?
Inspect the cuts for debris. - CORRECT ANSWER The client with bipolar disorder
approaches the nurse and reveals fresh, self-inflicted superficial cuts going up and
down his right arm. Which of the following actions should the nurse perform first?