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✓ During admission to the psychiatric unit, a female client is extremely
anxious and states that she is worried about the sun coming up the next
day. What intervention is most important for the RN to implement during
the admission
process?
A. Assist the client in developing alternative coping skills.
B. Remain calm and use a matter of fact approach.
C. Ask the client why she is so anxious
D. Administer a PRN sedative to help relieve her anxiety.
✓ A homeless client who reports feeling sad and depressed tells the mental
health nurse that in the past 2 days she has only had 4 hours of sleep. Which
action is most important for the RN to implement within the first 24 hours after
treatment is initiated?
A. Allow the client to rest and sleep.
B. Ensure client attend groups addressing coping skills for dealing
with depression.
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C. Begin planning for the clients discharge.
D. Encourage verbalization of feelings.
✓ When preparing to administer to domestic violence screening
tool to a female client, which statement should the RN provide?
A. If your partner is abusing you, I need to ask these questions.
B. State law mandates that I ask if you are a victim of domestic violence.
C. The HCP provider needs to know if you are experiencing any
domestic abuse. D. All clients are screened for domestic abuse
because it is common in our society.
✓ A young adult female visits the mental health clinic complaining of diarrhea,
headache, and muscle aches. She is afebrile, denies chills, and all laboratory
findings are within normal limits. During the physical assessment, the client tells
the RN that her sister thinks she is neurotic and calls her a hypochondriac.
Which response is best for the RN to provide?
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A. Unless your sister has a medical education, ignore her comments.
B. I can hear that your sister comments are over-whelming you.
C. Do you think it’s possible that you might be a hypochondriac?
D. Besides your sister’s comments, what in your life is troubling you?
✓ The RN is working with a male client at a community mental health
center when the client reports hearing voices that tell him to get a knife from
the
kitchen and hurt himself. What intervention is most important for the RN to
implement?
A. Don’t allow the client to go into the kitchen until the hallucination has
subsided.
B. Report the behavior to the client’s case workers so that the family
can be notified. C. Assign the UAP to remain with the client at all times.
D. Document the behavior in the client’s record and notify the HCP.
✓ While sitting in the day room of the mental health unit, a male adolescent
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avoids eye contact, looks at the floor, and talks softly when interacting verbally
with the RN. The two trade places, and the RN demonstrates the client’s
behaviors. What is the main goal of this therapeutic technique?
A. Initiate a non-threatening conversation with the client.
B. Dialog about the ineffectiveness of his
interactions. C. Allow the client to identify the
way he interacts.
D. Discuss the client’s feelings when he responds.
✓ An antidepressant medication is prescribed for a client who reports
sleeping only 4 hours in the past 2 days and weight loss of 9 lbs within the
last month. Which client goal is most important to achieve within the first
three days of treatment?
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✓ During admission to the psychiatric unit, a female client is extremely
anxious and states that she is worried about the sun coming up the next
day. What intervention is most important for the RN to implement during
the admission
process?
A. Assist the client in developing alternative coping skills.
B. Remain calm and use a matter of fact approach.
C. Ask the client why she is so anxious
D. Administer a PRN sedative to help relieve her anxiety.
✓ A homeless client who reports feeling sad and depressed tells the mental
health nurse that in the past 2 days she has only had 4 hours of sleep. Which
action is most important for the RN to implement within the first 24 hours after
treatment is initiated?
A. Allow the client to rest and sleep.
B. Ensure client attend groups addressing coping skills for dealing
with depression.
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C. Begin planning for the clients discharge.
D. Encourage verbalization of feelings.
✓ When preparing to administer to domestic violence screening
tool to a female client, which statement should the RN provide?
A. If your partner is abusing you, I need to ask these questions.
B. State law mandates that I ask if you are a victim of domestic violence.
C. The HCP provider needs to know if you are experiencing any
domestic abuse. D. All clients are screened for domestic abuse
because it is common in our society.
✓ A young adult female visits the mental health clinic complaining of diarrhea,
headache, and muscle aches. She is afebrile, denies chills, and all laboratory
findings are within normal limits. During the physical assessment, the client tells
the RN that her sister thinks she is neurotic and calls her a hypochondriac.
Which response is best for the RN to provide?
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A. Unless your sister has a medical education, ignore her comments.
B. I can hear that your sister comments are over-whelming you.
C. Do you think it’s possible that you might be a hypochondriac?
D. Besides your sister’s comments, what in your life is troubling you?
✓ The RN is working with a male client at a community mental health
center when the client reports hearing voices that tell him to get a knife from
the
kitchen and hurt himself. What intervention is most important for the RN to
implement?
A. Don’t allow the client to go into the kitchen until the hallucination has
subsided.
B. Report the behavior to the client’s case workers so that the family
can be notified. C. Assign the UAP to remain with the client at all times.
D. Document the behavior in the client’s record and notify the HCP.
✓ While sitting in the day room of the mental health unit, a male adolescent
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avoids eye contact, looks at the floor, and talks softly when interacting verbally
with the RN. The two trade places, and the RN demonstrates the client’s
behaviors. What is the main goal of this therapeutic technique?
A. Initiate a non-threatening conversation with the client.
B. Dialog about the ineffectiveness of his
interactions. C. Allow the client to identify the
way he interacts.
D. Discuss the client’s feelings when he responds.
✓ An antidepressant medication is prescribed for a client who reports
sleeping only 4 hours in the past 2 days and weight loss of 9 lbs within the
last month. Which client goal is most important to achieve within the first
three days of treatment?
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