WEST COAST UNIVERSITY NURS 301 BEHAVIORAL
HEALTH CASE FINAL EXAM PSYCHIATRIC NURSE
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWER WITH
EXPLANATION LATEST 2025-2026
PSYCHIATRIC NURSING CORE PRINCIPLES (1–15)
1. The primary goal of psychiatric nursing is to:
A. Cure mental illness completely
B. Promote mental health and functional stability
C. Perform surgery
D. Prescribe medication independently
Answer: B
Rationale: Psychiatric nursing focuses on improving functioning and mental well-being.
2. The first step in therapeutic communication is:
A. Establish trust
B. Give advice
C. Diagnose patient
D. Confront patient
Answer: A
Rationale: Trust is essential for communication.
3. Which behavior shows active listening?
A. Maintaining eye contact and nodding
B. Interrupting patient
C. Changing topic
D. Ignoring patient
Answer: A
Rationale: Active listening shows engagement and understanding.
4. A non-therapeutic communication technique is:
A. Judging
,B. Clarifying
C. Reflecting
D. Summarizing
Answer: A
Rationale: Judgment blocks communication.
5. Therapeutic silence is used to:
A. Encourage reflection
B. Punish patient
C. End interaction
D. Confuse patient
Answer: A
Rationale: Allows patient to process thoughts.
6. Transference is when:
A. Patient projects feelings onto nurse
B. Nurse projects feelings onto patient
C. Medication works
D. Patient improves
Answer: A
Rationale: Emotional displacement onto caregiver.
7. Countertransference occurs when:
A. Nurse projects feelings onto patient
B. Patient lies
C. Patient improves
D. Medication fails
Answer: A
Rationale: Nurse emotional reaction affects care.
8. Orientation includes awareness of:
A. Time, place, person
B. Only time
C. Only place
, D. Only person
Answer: A
Rationale: Full awareness assessment.
9. Affect refers to:
A. Observable emotional expression
B. Internal thoughts
C. Memory
D. Reflex
Answer: A
Rationale: External emotional display.
10. Mood refers to:
A. Internal emotional state
B. Reflex
C. Heart rate
D. Pain
Answer: A
Rationale: Subjective feeling.
11. Insight means:
A. Awareness of illness
B. Vision
C. Hearing
D. Reflex
Answer: A
Rationale: Understanding condition.
12. Judgment refers to:
A. Decision-making ability
B. Reflex
C. Memory
D. Pain
HEALTH CASE FINAL EXAM PSYCHIATRIC NURSE
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWER WITH
EXPLANATION LATEST 2025-2026
PSYCHIATRIC NURSING CORE PRINCIPLES (1–15)
1. The primary goal of psychiatric nursing is to:
A. Cure mental illness completely
B. Promote mental health and functional stability
C. Perform surgery
D. Prescribe medication independently
Answer: B
Rationale: Psychiatric nursing focuses on improving functioning and mental well-being.
2. The first step in therapeutic communication is:
A. Establish trust
B. Give advice
C. Diagnose patient
D. Confront patient
Answer: A
Rationale: Trust is essential for communication.
3. Which behavior shows active listening?
A. Maintaining eye contact and nodding
B. Interrupting patient
C. Changing topic
D. Ignoring patient
Answer: A
Rationale: Active listening shows engagement and understanding.
4. A non-therapeutic communication technique is:
A. Judging
,B. Clarifying
C. Reflecting
D. Summarizing
Answer: A
Rationale: Judgment blocks communication.
5. Therapeutic silence is used to:
A. Encourage reflection
B. Punish patient
C. End interaction
D. Confuse patient
Answer: A
Rationale: Allows patient to process thoughts.
6. Transference is when:
A. Patient projects feelings onto nurse
B. Nurse projects feelings onto patient
C. Medication works
D. Patient improves
Answer: A
Rationale: Emotional displacement onto caregiver.
7. Countertransference occurs when:
A. Nurse projects feelings onto patient
B. Patient lies
C. Patient improves
D. Medication fails
Answer: A
Rationale: Nurse emotional reaction affects care.
8. Orientation includes awareness of:
A. Time, place, person
B. Only time
C. Only place
, D. Only person
Answer: A
Rationale: Full awareness assessment.
9. Affect refers to:
A. Observable emotional expression
B. Internal thoughts
C. Memory
D. Reflex
Answer: A
Rationale: External emotional display.
10. Mood refers to:
A. Internal emotional state
B. Reflex
C. Heart rate
D. Pain
Answer: A
Rationale: Subjective feeling.
11. Insight means:
A. Awareness of illness
B. Vision
C. Hearing
D. Reflex
Answer: A
Rationale: Understanding condition.
12. Judgment refers to:
A. Decision-making ability
B. Reflex
C. Memory
D. Pain
