Mental Health Nursing Final
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Which situations qualify as abandonment on the part of a nurse? (Select
all that apply.)
A) The nurse terminates employment without referring a seriously
mentally ill patient for aftercare.
B) The nurse asks another nurse to provide a patient's care because of
concerns about countertransference.
,C) The nurse calls police to bring a suicidal patient to the hospital after a
suicide attempt.
D) The nurse refers a patient with persistent paranoid schizophrenia to
community treatment.
E) The nurse allows a patient with acute mania to refuse hospitalization
without taking further action. - ANSWER ✔✔A) The nurse terminates
employment without referring a seriously mentally ill patient for aftercare.
E) The nurse allows a patient with acute mania to refuse hospitalization
without taking further action.
The goal for a patient is to increase resiliency. Which outcome should
the nurse add to the plan of care to be achieved within three days?
A) patient will describe feelings associated with loss and stress
B) patient will identify healthy coping behaviors in response to stressful
events
C) patient will allow others to assume responsibility for major areas of
own life
D) patient will meet own needs before considering the rights of others -
ANSWER ✔✔B) patient will identify healthy coping behaviors in
response to stressful events
,A patient tells a nurse, "I have psychiatric problems and am in and out of
hospitals all the time. Not one of my friends or relatives has these
problems." What is the nurse's best response?
A) "comparing yourself with others has no real advantages."
B) "mental illness affects 50% of the adult population in any given year"
C) "why do you blame yourself for having a psychiatric illness?"
D) "are you concerned that others don't experience the same challenges
as you?" - ANSWER ✔✔D) are you concerned others don't
experience the same challenges as you
A critical care nurse asks a psychiatric nurse about the difference
between a diagnosis in the Diagnostic and Statistical manual of Mental
disorders (DSM-5) and a nursing diagnosis. What is the psychiatric
nurse's best response?
A) "the DSM-5 diagnosis disregards culture, whereas the nursing
diagnosis includes cultural variables"
B) " the DSM-5 diagnosis influences the medical treatment, the nursing
diagnosis offers a framework to identify interventions for problems a
patient may experience."
C) "no functional difference exists between the two diagnoses. both
serve to identify a human deviance"
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, D) "the DSM-5 diagnosis profiles present distress or disability, whereas a
nursing diagnosis considers past and present responses to actual
mental health problems" - ANSWER ✔✔B) "the DSM-5 diagnosis
influences the medical treatment; the nursing diagnosis offers a
framework to identify interventions for problems a patient has or may
experience"
A patient's history shows intense and unstable relationships with others.
The patient initially idealizes an individual and then devalues the person
when the patient's needs are not met. Which aspect of mental health is a
problem for this patient?
A) maintaining relationships
B) communication skills
C) effectiveness in work
D) productive activities - ANSWER ✔✔A) maintaining relationships
In the majority culture of the United States, which individual is at greatest
risk to be incorrectly labeled mentally ill?
A) person who expresses strong beliefs about the existence of alien
abductions.
Exam 2026 Exam Questions
and Correct Answers | New
Update
Which situations qualify as abandonment on the part of a nurse? (Select
all that apply.)
A) The nurse terminates employment without referring a seriously
mentally ill patient for aftercare.
B) The nurse asks another nurse to provide a patient's care because of
concerns about countertransference.
,C) The nurse calls police to bring a suicidal patient to the hospital after a
suicide attempt.
D) The nurse refers a patient with persistent paranoid schizophrenia to
community treatment.
E) The nurse allows a patient with acute mania to refuse hospitalization
without taking further action. - ANSWER ✔✔A) The nurse terminates
employment without referring a seriously mentally ill patient for aftercare.
E) The nurse allows a patient with acute mania to refuse hospitalization
without taking further action.
The goal for a patient is to increase resiliency. Which outcome should
the nurse add to the plan of care to be achieved within three days?
A) patient will describe feelings associated with loss and stress
B) patient will identify healthy coping behaviors in response to stressful
events
C) patient will allow others to assume responsibility for major areas of
own life
D) patient will meet own needs before considering the rights of others -
ANSWER ✔✔B) patient will identify healthy coping behaviors in
response to stressful events
,A patient tells a nurse, "I have psychiatric problems and am in and out of
hospitals all the time. Not one of my friends or relatives has these
problems." What is the nurse's best response?
A) "comparing yourself with others has no real advantages."
B) "mental illness affects 50% of the adult population in any given year"
C) "why do you blame yourself for having a psychiatric illness?"
D) "are you concerned that others don't experience the same challenges
as you?" - ANSWER ✔✔D) are you concerned others don't
experience the same challenges as you
A critical care nurse asks a psychiatric nurse about the difference
between a diagnosis in the Diagnostic and Statistical manual of Mental
disorders (DSM-5) and a nursing diagnosis. What is the psychiatric
nurse's best response?
A) "the DSM-5 diagnosis disregards culture, whereas the nursing
diagnosis includes cultural variables"
B) " the DSM-5 diagnosis influences the medical treatment, the nursing
diagnosis offers a framework to identify interventions for problems a
patient may experience."
C) "no functional difference exists between the two diagnoses. both
serve to identify a human deviance"
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, D) "the DSM-5 diagnosis profiles present distress or disability, whereas a
nursing diagnosis considers past and present responses to actual
mental health problems" - ANSWER ✔✔B) "the DSM-5 diagnosis
influences the medical treatment; the nursing diagnosis offers a
framework to identify interventions for problems a patient has or may
experience"
A patient's history shows intense and unstable relationships with others.
The patient initially idealizes an individual and then devalues the person
when the patient's needs are not met. Which aspect of mental health is a
problem for this patient?
A) maintaining relationships
B) communication skills
C) effectiveness in work
D) productive activities - ANSWER ✔✔A) maintaining relationships
In the majority culture of the United States, which individual is at greatest
risk to be incorrectly labeled mentally ill?
A) person who expresses strong beliefs about the existence of alien
abductions.
