NUR 190 MENTAL HEALTH TEST BANK 70
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS 2026
2 - CORRECT ANSWER A nursing instructor is teaching about specific phobias.
Which student statement indicates to the instructor that learning has occurred?
1. These clients recognize their fear as excessive and frequently seek treatment.
2. These clients have a panic level of fear that is overwhelming and unreasonable.
3. These clients experience symptoms that mirror a cerebrovascular accident
(CVA).
4. These clients experience the symptoms of tachycardia, dysphagia, and
diaphoresis.
3 - CORRECT ANSWER Which nursing statement to a client about social anxiety
disorder versus schizoid personality disorder (SPD) is most accurate?
1. Clients diagnosed with social anxiety disorder can manage anxiety without
medications, whereas clients diagnosed with SPD can only manage anxiety with
medications.
2. Clients diagnosed with SPD are distressed by the symptoms experienced in
social settings, whereas clients diagnosed with social anxiety disorder are not.
3. Clients diagnosed with social anxiety disorder avoid interactions only in social
settings, whereas clients diagnosed with SPD avoid interactions in all areas of life.
4. Clients diagnosed with SPD avoid interactions only in social settings, whereas
clients diagnosed with social anxiety disorder tend to avoid interactions in all
areas of life.
,4 - CORRECT ANSWER What symptoms should a nurse recognize that differentiate
a client diagnosed with panic disorder from a client diagnosed with generalized
anxiety disorder (GAD)?
1. GAD is acute in nature, and panic disorder is chronic.
2. Chest pain is a common GAD symptom, whereas this symptom is absent in
panic disorders.
3. Hyperventilation is a common symptom in GAD and rare in panic disorder.
4. Depersonalization is commonly seen in panic disorder and absent in GAD.
3 - CORRECT ANSWER Which treatment should a nurse identify as most
appropriate for clients diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD)?
1. Long-term treatment with diazepam (Valium)
2. Acute symptom control with citalopram (Celexa)
3. Long-term treatment with buspirone (BuSpar)
4. Acute symptom control with ziprasidone (Geodon)
1 - CORRECT ANSWER Which symptoms should a nurse recognize that
differentiate a client diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) from a
client diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive personality disorder?
1. Clients diagnosed with OCD experience both obsessions and compulsions, and
clients diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive personality disorder do not.
2. Clients diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive personality disorder experience
both obsessions and compulsions, and clients diagnosed with OCD do not.
3. Clients diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive personality disorder experience
only obsessions, and clients diagnosed with OCD experience only compulsions.
, 4. Clients diagnosed with OCD experience only obsessions, and clients diagnosed
with obsessive-compulsive personality disorder experience only compulsions.
4 - CORRECT ANSWER A cab driver, stuck in traffic, becomes lightheaded,
tremulous, diaphoretic, tachycardic and dyspneic. A workup in an emergency
department reveals no pathology. Which medical diagnosis should a nurse
suspect, and what nursing diagnosis should be the nurses first priority?
1. Generalized anxiety disorder and a nursing diagnosis of fear
2. Altered sensory perception and a nursing diagnosis of panic disorder
3. Pain disorder and a nursing diagnosis of altered role performance
4. Panic disorder and a nursing diagnosis of anxiety
1 - CORRECT ANSWER A client diagnosed with panic disorder states, When an
attack happens, I feel like I am going to die. Which is the most appropriate nursing
response?
1. I know its frightening, but try to remind yourself that this will only last a short
time.
2. Death from a panic attack happens so infrequently that there is no need to
worry.
3. Most people who experience panic attacks have feelings of impending doom.
4. Tell me why you think you are going to die every time you have a panic attack.
1 - CORRECT ANSWER A nursing instructor is teaching about the medications used
to treat panic disorder. Which student statement indicates that learning has
occurred?
1. Clonazepam (Klonopin) is particularly effective in the treatment of panic
disorder.
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS 2026
2 - CORRECT ANSWER A nursing instructor is teaching about specific phobias.
Which student statement indicates to the instructor that learning has occurred?
1. These clients recognize their fear as excessive and frequently seek treatment.
2. These clients have a panic level of fear that is overwhelming and unreasonable.
3. These clients experience symptoms that mirror a cerebrovascular accident
(CVA).
4. These clients experience the symptoms of tachycardia, dysphagia, and
diaphoresis.
3 - CORRECT ANSWER Which nursing statement to a client about social anxiety
disorder versus schizoid personality disorder (SPD) is most accurate?
1. Clients diagnosed with social anxiety disorder can manage anxiety without
medications, whereas clients diagnosed with SPD can only manage anxiety with
medications.
2. Clients diagnosed with SPD are distressed by the symptoms experienced in
social settings, whereas clients diagnosed with social anxiety disorder are not.
3. Clients diagnosed with social anxiety disorder avoid interactions only in social
settings, whereas clients diagnosed with SPD avoid interactions in all areas of life.
4. Clients diagnosed with SPD avoid interactions only in social settings, whereas
clients diagnosed with social anxiety disorder tend to avoid interactions in all
areas of life.
,4 - CORRECT ANSWER What symptoms should a nurse recognize that differentiate
a client diagnosed with panic disorder from a client diagnosed with generalized
anxiety disorder (GAD)?
1. GAD is acute in nature, and panic disorder is chronic.
2. Chest pain is a common GAD symptom, whereas this symptom is absent in
panic disorders.
3. Hyperventilation is a common symptom in GAD and rare in panic disorder.
4. Depersonalization is commonly seen in panic disorder and absent in GAD.
3 - CORRECT ANSWER Which treatment should a nurse identify as most
appropriate for clients diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD)?
1. Long-term treatment with diazepam (Valium)
2. Acute symptom control with citalopram (Celexa)
3. Long-term treatment with buspirone (BuSpar)
4. Acute symptom control with ziprasidone (Geodon)
1 - CORRECT ANSWER Which symptoms should a nurse recognize that
differentiate a client diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) from a
client diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive personality disorder?
1. Clients diagnosed with OCD experience both obsessions and compulsions, and
clients diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive personality disorder do not.
2. Clients diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive personality disorder experience
both obsessions and compulsions, and clients diagnosed with OCD do not.
3. Clients diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive personality disorder experience
only obsessions, and clients diagnosed with OCD experience only compulsions.
, 4. Clients diagnosed with OCD experience only obsessions, and clients diagnosed
with obsessive-compulsive personality disorder experience only compulsions.
4 - CORRECT ANSWER A cab driver, stuck in traffic, becomes lightheaded,
tremulous, diaphoretic, tachycardic and dyspneic. A workup in an emergency
department reveals no pathology. Which medical diagnosis should a nurse
suspect, and what nursing diagnosis should be the nurses first priority?
1. Generalized anxiety disorder and a nursing diagnosis of fear
2. Altered sensory perception and a nursing diagnosis of panic disorder
3. Pain disorder and a nursing diagnosis of altered role performance
4. Panic disorder and a nursing diagnosis of anxiety
1 - CORRECT ANSWER A client diagnosed with panic disorder states, When an
attack happens, I feel like I am going to die. Which is the most appropriate nursing
response?
1. I know its frightening, but try to remind yourself that this will only last a short
time.
2. Death from a panic attack happens so infrequently that there is no need to
worry.
3. Most people who experience panic attacks have feelings of impending doom.
4. Tell me why you think you are going to die every time you have a panic attack.
1 - CORRECT ANSWER A nursing instructor is teaching about the medications used
to treat panic disorder. Which student statement indicates that learning has
occurred?
1. Clonazepam (Klonopin) is particularly effective in the treatment of panic
disorder.
