MENTALHESIEXAM QUESTI
ONS&ANSWERS
Pr
act
icee
xam
1.A30-y ear
-oldsale
sma nage
rtell
sthen u
rse,"
Iamthi
nki
ngaboutaj
obcha
nge
.Ido
n't
fee
llik
eIa ml i
vi
ngu ptomyp oten
tia
l."Whic
ho fMa
slo
w'sde
velo
p me
nta
lst
age
sist
he
sal
esma nageratte
mp t
ingtoachi
eve?
A. Self
-Actual
iz
ati
on.Corr
ect
Lovi
ngan dBelongi
ng.
Basi
cNe eds.
Safe
tyan dSecuri
ty
.
Sel
f-
a ct
uali
zat
ioni
sthehi
ghes tl
evel
ofMa slow'
sde v
elopmen
tstages,whichisana t
temptt
o
fu
lfi
l
l one'
sful
lpot
enti
al(
C).(B)i
sidenti
fyi
ngs u
pportsyst
ems.(C)isth
ef i
rstl
evelof
Maslow'sdevel
opment
alst
age sandisth
ef oundat
ionuponwhic
hh igh
ern e
e dsre
st.
I
ndivi
d ual
swhofeels
afeands ec
ure(D)inthei
renvir
onmentper
c e
ivethemselve
sa shavi
ng
physi
c a
lsafe
tyandl
ackfearofharm.
Th
enu
rseo
bse
rve
sac
li
entwh
oisa
dmi
tt
edt
oth
eme
nta
lhe
alt
hun
ita
ndi
den
tif
iest
hatt
hec
li
enti
s
t
alk
ingc
ont
inu
ous
ly,
usi
ngwo
rdst
hatr
hymeb
utt
hath
aven
oco
nte
xto
rre
lat
ion
shi
pwi
tho
net
opi
c
t
oth
ene
xti
nth
eco
nve
rsa
tio
n.Th
isc
li
ent
'
sbe
hav
iora
ndt
hou
ghtp
roc
ess
esa
rec
ons
ist
entwi
th
wh
ichs
ynd
rome
?
De
me nti
a.
De
pressi
on.
Sc
hizophr
enia
.Corre
ct
Chr
onicbra
insyn
drome.
Thecl
ienti
sd emonstr
ati
ngs ymptomsofs chi
zoph r
eni
a( C),
suchasdisorgani
zedspeechthat
mayincl
udewor dsala
d( c
ommu n
icati
onthatincl
udesb othr
ealandima g
inar
ywor d
sinn o
l
ogica
lorder)
,i
n coh
e r
entspeech,andclan
g i
ng(rhyming).Dement
ia(A)isag l
obali
mpairment
ofi
ntel
le
c t
ual(cogni
ti
ve)funct
ionsthatmayb eprogre
ss i
ve,su
cha sAlzhei
me r
'
sororganic
bra
insyndr
ome( D).Depres
sion(C)istypi
fi
edb ypsychomotorret
ardat
ion,andthecl
ie
nt
appea
rstob esl
owe ddowninmov eme nt
,inspeech,andwou l
da p
pe a
rlist
le
ssa nddi
shevel
ed.
3.Ahomelesspers
onwh oisinthemani
cphas
eofbip
ola
rdi
sor
derisa
dmitt
edtot
hement
al
heal
thuni
t.Whichla
bora
to r
yfin
dingo
btai
nedonad
missi
oni
smo s
timpor
tantf
ort
henu
rseto
rep
ortt
otheh e
alth
careprovi
der?
A. Decre
a s
edt hy
roidsti
mulat
ingh
ormonel
eve
l.Co
rre
ct
El
evat
edli
verfuncti
onprofi
l
e.
I
ncre
asedwh i
tebloodcell
count.
Decr
ease
dh ematocri
tandh e
mog l
obi
nlev
els
.
Hy
per
thy
roi
di
smc
aus
esa
nin
cre
ase
dle
vel
ofs
eru
mth
yroi
dhor
mon
es(
T3a
ndT4
),wh
ichi
nhi
bi
tth
e
ONS&ANSWERS
Pr
act
icee
xam
1.A30-y ear
-oldsale
sma nage
rtell
sthen u
rse,"
Iamthi
nki
ngaboutaj
obcha
nge
.Ido
n't
fee
llik
eIa ml i
vi
ngu ptomyp oten
tia
l."Whic
ho fMa
slo
w'sde
velo
p me
nta
lst
age
sist
he
sal
esma nageratte
mp t
ingtoachi
eve?
A. Self
-Actual
iz
ati
on.Corr
ect
Lovi
ngan dBelongi
ng.
Basi
cNe eds.
Safe
tyan dSecuri
ty
.
Sel
f-
a ct
uali
zat
ioni
sthehi
ghes tl
evel
ofMa slow'
sde v
elopmen
tstages,whichisana t
temptt
o
fu
lfi
l
l one'
sful
lpot
enti
al(
C).(B)i
sidenti
fyi
ngs u
pportsyst
ems.(C)isth
ef i
rstl
evelof
Maslow'sdevel
opment
alst
age sandisth
ef oundat
ionuponwhic
hh igh
ern e
e dsre
st.
I
ndivi
d ual
swhofeels
afeands ec
ure(D)inthei
renvir
onmentper
c e
ivethemselve
sa shavi
ng
physi
c a
lsafe
tyandl
ackfearofharm.
Th
enu
rseo
bse
rve
sac
li
entwh
oisa
dmi
tt
edt
oth
eme
nta
lhe
alt
hun
ita
ndi
den
tif
iest
hatt
hec
li
enti
s
t
alk
ingc
ont
inu
ous
ly,
usi
ngwo
rdst
hatr
hymeb
utt
hath
aven
oco
nte
xto
rre
lat
ion
shi
pwi
tho
net
opi
c
t
oth
ene
xti
nth
eco
nve
rsa
tio
n.Th
isc
li
ent
'
sbe
hav
iora
ndt
hou
ghtp
roc
ess
esa
rec
ons
ist
entwi
th
wh
ichs
ynd
rome
?
De
me nti
a.
De
pressi
on.
Sc
hizophr
enia
.Corre
ct
Chr
onicbra
insyn
drome.
Thecl
ienti
sd emonstr
ati
ngs ymptomsofs chi
zoph r
eni
a( C),
suchasdisorgani
zedspeechthat
mayincl
udewor dsala
d( c
ommu n
icati
onthatincl
udesb othr
ealandima g
inar
ywor d
sinn o
l
ogica
lorder)
,i
n coh
e r
entspeech,andclan
g i
ng(rhyming).Dement
ia(A)isag l
obali
mpairment
ofi
ntel
le
c t
ual(cogni
ti
ve)funct
ionsthatmayb eprogre
ss i
ve,su
cha sAlzhei
me r
'
sororganic
bra
insyndr
ome( D).Depres
sion(C)istypi
fi
edb ypsychomotorret
ardat
ion,andthecl
ie
nt
appea
rstob esl
owe ddowninmov eme nt
,inspeech,andwou l
da p
pe a
rlist
le
ssa nddi
shevel
ed.
3.Ahomelesspers
onwh oisinthemani
cphas
eofbip
ola
rdi
sor
derisa
dmitt
edtot
hement
al
heal
thuni
t.Whichla
bora
to r
yfin
dingo
btai
nedonad
missi
oni
smo s
timpor
tantf
ort
henu
rseto
rep
ortt
otheh e
alth
careprovi
der?
A. Decre
a s
edt hy
roidsti
mulat
ingh
ormonel
eve
l.Co
rre
ct
El
evat
edli
verfuncti
onprofi
l
e.
I
ncre
asedwh i
tebloodcell
count.
Decr
ease
dh ematocri
tandh e
mog l
obi
nlev
els
.
Hy
per
thy
roi
di
smc
aus
esa
nin
cre
ase
dle
vel
ofs
eru
mth
yroi
dhor
mon
es(
T3a
ndT4
),wh
ichi
nhi
bi
tth
e
