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NSG 3450 Exam 1 Practice Questions | Actual
Questions and well detailed Answers | A+ Graded
| 2026 Updates | 100% correct
1. **A nurse is caring for a patient admitted for a 72-hour involuntary hold. The patient
demands to leave the facility immediately. Which is the most appropriate nursing response?**
A. "You signed consent to be here, so you must stay for 72 hours."
B. "I will get your discharge papers ready right away."
C. "You are here on an involuntary status and cannot leave until the evaluation is complete."
D. "If you try to leave, we will have to place you in restraints."
2. **A psychiatric nurse is documenting an assessment of a patient's resilience. Which
statement by the patient best demonstrates this concept?
**
A. "I have always been able to get what I want if I work hard enough." B. "Even though I
lost my job, I know I have the skills to find a better one eventually."
C. "I don’t need anyone else’s help to solve my problems."
D. "I am never affected by the stress around me."
3. **According to Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, which patient should the nurse assess first?**
A. A patient who feels lonely and lacks a support system.
B. A patient expressing a need for self-actualization.
C. A patient who is refusing to eat or drink.
D. A patient with low self-esteem following a divorce.
4. **A nurse is working with a patient who mimics the nurse’s physical gestures. The nurse
recognizes this as a concept of which theorist?**
A. Sigmund Freud
B. Harry Stack Sullivan
C. Jean Piaget
D. Erik Erikson
5. **A patient in an outpatient mental health clinic is diagnosed with a serious mental illness.
What is the primary goal of the "Least Restrictive
Environment" in this setting?**
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A. To ensure the patient is always under direct supervision.
B. To provide the necessary care while maintaining the patient's maximum freedom.
C. To prevent the patient from interacting with the community.
D. To minimize the cost of psychiatric treatment.
6. **Which action by the nurse represents the ethical principle of
Beneficence?**
A. Respecting a patient’s right to refuse a specific medication.
B. Spending extra time with a highly anxious patient to provide comfort.C. Providing the
same level of care to all patients regardless of their background.
D. Keeping a promise to return to a patient’s room at a specific time.
7. **A nurse is conducting a cultural assessment. The patient states, "I cannot take this
medication because it will upset the balance of 'hot' and
'cold' in my body." What is the nurse's best action?**
A. Explain that the medication is scientific and overrides cultural beliefs.
B. Document the patient as non-compliant.
C. Explore the patient’s beliefs and discuss how to integrate them into the care plan.
D. Tell the patient that 'hot and cold' theories are not relevant to mental health.
8. **Under the "Duty to Warn" (Tarasoff) principle, what is the nurse's legal obligation?**
A. To tell the family everything the patient says in therapy.
B. To notify the authorities and the intended victim if a patient makes a specific threat of harm.
C. To keep all patient statements confidential regardless of the content.
D. To report any patient who has a history of violence to the police.
9. **A patient is admitted voluntarily but refuses to take an ordered antipsychotic
medication. What is the nurse's legal responsibility?** A. Force the patient to take the
medication for their own safety.
B. Secretly mix the medication in the patient's food.
C. Respect the patient's right to refuse the medication and document the refusal.
D. Immediately change the patient’s status to involuntary.
10. **A nurse is implementing Milieu Therapy on a psychiatric unit. Which is a key component
of this approach?**
A. One-on-one intensive psychoanalysis.
B. Providing a safe, structured environment that promotes social interaction.
C. Strictly limiting the patient’s contact with other peers.
D. Focus solely on pharmacological interventions.
NSG 3450 Exam 1 Practice Questions | Actual
Questions and well detailed Answers | A+ Graded
| 2026 Updates | 100% correct
1. **A nurse is caring for a patient admitted for a 72-hour involuntary hold. The patient
demands to leave the facility immediately. Which is the most appropriate nursing response?**
A. "You signed consent to be here, so you must stay for 72 hours."
B. "I will get your discharge papers ready right away."
C. "You are here on an involuntary status and cannot leave until the evaluation is complete."
D. "If you try to leave, we will have to place you in restraints."
2. **A psychiatric nurse is documenting an assessment of a patient's resilience. Which
statement by the patient best demonstrates this concept?
**
A. "I have always been able to get what I want if I work hard enough." B. "Even though I
lost my job, I know I have the skills to find a better one eventually."
C. "I don’t need anyone else’s help to solve my problems."
D. "I am never affected by the stress around me."
3. **According to Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, which patient should the nurse assess first?**
A. A patient who feels lonely and lacks a support system.
B. A patient expressing a need for self-actualization.
C. A patient who is refusing to eat or drink.
D. A patient with low self-esteem following a divorce.
4. **A nurse is working with a patient who mimics the nurse’s physical gestures. The nurse
recognizes this as a concept of which theorist?**
A. Sigmund Freud
B. Harry Stack Sullivan
C. Jean Piaget
D. Erik Erikson
5. **A patient in an outpatient mental health clinic is diagnosed with a serious mental illness.
What is the primary goal of the "Least Restrictive
Environment" in this setting?**
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A. To ensure the patient is always under direct supervision.
B. To provide the necessary care while maintaining the patient's maximum freedom.
C. To prevent the patient from interacting with the community.
D. To minimize the cost of psychiatric treatment.
6. **Which action by the nurse represents the ethical principle of
Beneficence?**
A. Respecting a patient’s right to refuse a specific medication.
B. Spending extra time with a highly anxious patient to provide comfort.C. Providing the
same level of care to all patients regardless of their background.
D. Keeping a promise to return to a patient’s room at a specific time.
7. **A nurse is conducting a cultural assessment. The patient states, "I cannot take this
medication because it will upset the balance of 'hot' and
'cold' in my body." What is the nurse's best action?**
A. Explain that the medication is scientific and overrides cultural beliefs.
B. Document the patient as non-compliant.
C. Explore the patient’s beliefs and discuss how to integrate them into the care plan.
D. Tell the patient that 'hot and cold' theories are not relevant to mental health.
8. **Under the "Duty to Warn" (Tarasoff) principle, what is the nurse's legal obligation?**
A. To tell the family everything the patient says in therapy.
B. To notify the authorities and the intended victim if a patient makes a specific threat of harm.
C. To keep all patient statements confidential regardless of the content.
D. To report any patient who has a history of violence to the police.
9. **A patient is admitted voluntarily but refuses to take an ordered antipsychotic
medication. What is the nurse's legal responsibility?** A. Force the patient to take the
medication for their own safety.
B. Secretly mix the medication in the patient's food.
C. Respect the patient's right to refuse the medication and document the refusal.
D. Immediately change the patient’s status to involuntary.
10. **A nurse is implementing Milieu Therapy on a psychiatric unit. Which is a key component
of this approach?**
A. One-on-one intensive psychoanalysis.
B. Providing a safe, structured environment that promotes social interaction.
C. Strictly limiting the patient’s contact with other peers.
D. Focus solely on pharmacological interventions.
