SBVC Psychiatric Technician State Board Examination
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The psychiatric technician would implement which of the following nursing
interventions initially for the problem of aphasia?
Provide a chalkboard and chalk for the client to use
The psychiatric technician walks into a client's room and discovers the
client lying on the floor. He shakes the client while calling his name and
there is no response. The psychiatric technician then calls for help. The
next procedure the psychiatric technician implements is
tilting the head backward
Which of the following symptoms is indicative of hypothyroidism?
Cold intolerance
During cardiopulmonary resuscitation for an infant, the psychiatric technician
would check which artery for a pulse?
Brachial
,Often a person that has been diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease will develop
a fondness for what type of food?
sweet
Hepatitis B is mainly caused by which of the following factors?
Sexual transmission, blood or body secretions
The psychiatric technician can prevent contracting hepatitis B by
Applying the principle of universal precautions
Carriers of hepatitis B infection have a much higher risk of contracting which
of the following medical conditions?
Liver cancer
A female client is to receive a vaginal cream every day for 10 days. An
appropriate nursing intervention the psychiatric technician would
implement to decrease discomfort during the treatment would be to
ask the client to void
Mrs. Hathaway has some abdominal complaints. She visits her physician and
is diagnosed with irritable bowel syndrome. Specific symptoms of this
medical condition would be
Stomach cramping, excessive gas, and incomplete evacuation of the bowels
,Mr.s Hathaway asks her physician about the cure for abdominal complaints.
The physician responds with which of the following statements?
"It is a chronic condition that is not life-threatening."
Possible medications Mrs. Hathaway's physician may prescribe for her
abdominal complaints would be classified under which of the following
groups?
Antispasmodic and antidiarrheal
Which of the following would aggravate irritable bowel syndrome?
Stress
The psychiatric technician is instructed to take a rectal temperature of a
client. He/she knows that the normal rectal temperature is
99.6
A rectal temperature would possibly be taken instead of an oral
temperature for all of the following reasons except when the client
is feeling warm all over
A female client is 72 years old. The psychiatric technician takes her pulse
and it is 62. The psychiatric technician would know that this pulse rate for
an elderly person is
within the normal range
, Mr. Prescott is 59 years old and is in the hospital for inoperative cancer.
He finally begins to talk to the staff about his feelings about dying.
Sometimes he cries but it seems like he just wants someone to listen to
him. The stage of dying that Mr.
Prescott is most likely in is the stage of
depression
A client is wearing elastic stockings. This is to prevent pooling of blood in
the veins of the legs which can cause evin dilation and engorgement.
Unless the physician has specific orders, the psychiatric technician would
remove the stockings and give skin care
once during his/her shift
Mr. Appleton has been diagnosed with hypertension. His physician has put
him on clonidine 0.2 mg t.i.d. Treatment for this client would consist of
decreasing stress, eliminating smoking, a reduced alcohol intake, adequate
rest, exercise and
controlling obesity. Mr. Appleton needs to restrict his intake of which of the
following?
Sodium and saturated fat
Reviewed Study Guide Exam Latest 2026/2027 Updated Verified
Questions and Solutions A+ Pass Guaranteed
Terms (250)
The psychiatric technician would implement which of the following nursing
interventions initially for the problem of aphasia?
Provide a chalkboard and chalk for the client to use
The psychiatric technician walks into a client's room and discovers the
client lying on the floor. He shakes the client while calling his name and
there is no response. The psychiatric technician then calls for help. The
next procedure the psychiatric technician implements is
tilting the head backward
Which of the following symptoms is indicative of hypothyroidism?
Cold intolerance
During cardiopulmonary resuscitation for an infant, the psychiatric technician
would check which artery for a pulse?
Brachial
,Often a person that has been diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease will develop
a fondness for what type of food?
sweet
Hepatitis B is mainly caused by which of the following factors?
Sexual transmission, blood or body secretions
The psychiatric technician can prevent contracting hepatitis B by
Applying the principle of universal precautions
Carriers of hepatitis B infection have a much higher risk of contracting which
of the following medical conditions?
Liver cancer
A female client is to receive a vaginal cream every day for 10 days. An
appropriate nursing intervention the psychiatric technician would
implement to decrease discomfort during the treatment would be to
ask the client to void
Mrs. Hathaway has some abdominal complaints. She visits her physician and
is diagnosed with irritable bowel syndrome. Specific symptoms of this
medical condition would be
Stomach cramping, excessive gas, and incomplete evacuation of the bowels
,Mr.s Hathaway asks her physician about the cure for abdominal complaints.
The physician responds with which of the following statements?
"It is a chronic condition that is not life-threatening."
Possible medications Mrs. Hathaway's physician may prescribe for her
abdominal complaints would be classified under which of the following
groups?
Antispasmodic and antidiarrheal
Which of the following would aggravate irritable bowel syndrome?
Stress
The psychiatric technician is instructed to take a rectal temperature of a
client. He/she knows that the normal rectal temperature is
99.6
A rectal temperature would possibly be taken instead of an oral
temperature for all of the following reasons except when the client
is feeling warm all over
A female client is 72 years old. The psychiatric technician takes her pulse
and it is 62. The psychiatric technician would know that this pulse rate for
an elderly person is
within the normal range
, Mr. Prescott is 59 years old and is in the hospital for inoperative cancer.
He finally begins to talk to the staff about his feelings about dying.
Sometimes he cries but it seems like he just wants someone to listen to
him. The stage of dying that Mr.
Prescott is most likely in is the stage of
depression
A client is wearing elastic stockings. This is to prevent pooling of blood in
the veins of the legs which can cause evin dilation and engorgement.
Unless the physician has specific orders, the psychiatric technician would
remove the stockings and give skin care
once during his/her shift
Mr. Appleton has been diagnosed with hypertension. His physician has put
him on clonidine 0.2 mg t.i.d. Treatment for this client would consist of
decreasing stress, eliminating smoking, a reduced alcohol intake, adequate
rest, exercise and
controlling obesity. Mr. Appleton needs to restrict his intake of which of the
following?
Sodium and saturated fat
