HESI MENTAL HEALTH V4 2021 55 QUESTIONS
HESI MENTAL HEALTH V4 2021 55 QUESTIONS
1. Disturbed thought process.
2. A nurse is explaining a fire drill routine to a group of clients. A
client becomes disruptive and continually interrupts the
group. What is the nurse's best response?
3. When you interrupt, I cannot explain what to do to the group.
4. When performing a MSE on a client which
assessment intervention would best assist the nurse?
5. Ask the client to interpret the proverb a stitch in time saves nine.
6. A client comes in after being in a car accident and is
experiencing alcohol withdrawal, magnesium level of 1.1, cardiac
dysthrythmias. What would you give first?
7. Magnesium.
8. A woman is just told of her husband's dx of terminal cancer.
What would the nurse offer for the spouse (wife)?
9. How would you like to be involved with your husband's care?
, HESI MENTAL HEALTH V4 2021 55 QUESTIONS
10. A nurse is to remove staples from an abdominal incision, the
client is very anxious. What is the most important
intervention?
11. Attempt to distract the client with general conversation.
12. A man who was stranded on the roof of his house for two
days after a natural disaster, months later ...
13. Implement anxiety control strategies
14. A man dx with bipolar disorder states, "I don't understand, I
believe in God and have not done anything to deserve this".
What is the nurse's best response?
15. You didn't do anything wrong. You have a chemical imbalance
in your brain.
16. A client becomes upset when the nurse he requests is
not assigned to him, what is the nurse's best response?
17. Advise the client that nursing assignments are not based on
client requests.
18. A client needs to wash her hands for two hours before able
to go on with her morning. She doesn't want to sit on the chairs
in the dayroom for fear of getting dirty. What is this
mechanism?
19. Compulsion.
20. A client in group is talking about her prostitution, the nurse
HESI MENTAL HEALTH V4 2021 55 QUESTIONS
1. Disturbed thought process.
2. A nurse is explaining a fire drill routine to a group of clients. A
client becomes disruptive and continually interrupts the
group. What is the nurse's best response?
3. When you interrupt, I cannot explain what to do to the group.
4. When performing a MSE on a client which
assessment intervention would best assist the nurse?
5. Ask the client to interpret the proverb a stitch in time saves nine.
6. A client comes in after being in a car accident and is
experiencing alcohol withdrawal, magnesium level of 1.1, cardiac
dysthrythmias. What would you give first?
7. Magnesium.
8. A woman is just told of her husband's dx of terminal cancer.
What would the nurse offer for the spouse (wife)?
9. How would you like to be involved with your husband's care?
, HESI MENTAL HEALTH V4 2021 55 QUESTIONS
10. A nurse is to remove staples from an abdominal incision, the
client is very anxious. What is the most important
intervention?
11. Attempt to distract the client with general conversation.
12. A man who was stranded on the roof of his house for two
days after a natural disaster, months later ...
13. Implement anxiety control strategies
14. A man dx with bipolar disorder states, "I don't understand, I
believe in God and have not done anything to deserve this".
What is the nurse's best response?
15. You didn't do anything wrong. You have a chemical imbalance
in your brain.
16. A client becomes upset when the nurse he requests is
not assigned to him, what is the nurse's best response?
17. Advise the client that nursing assignments are not based on
client requests.
18. A client needs to wash her hands for two hours before able
to go on with her morning. She doesn't want to sit on the chairs
in the dayroom for fear of getting dirty. What is this
mechanism?
19. Compulsion.
20. A client in group is talking about her prostitution, the nurse
