NR 326 – EXAM 1 REVIEW MENTAL
( latest (2019/20), All Answers correct.)
Chapter 2. Mental Health and Mental Illness: Historical and Theoretical Concepts
1. The nurse recognizes which principle underlies effective patient teaching?
A. Moderate to severe anxiety increases patient learning.
B. Mild anxiety enhances patient learning.
C. Panic-level anxiety improves nurses’ teaching.
D. Severe anxiety intensifies concentration and enhances attention.
2. A male high school student is attracted to a female teacher. The school nurse overhears the student say, “I know she wants me.” The
nurse recognizes the student is using which defense mechanism?
A. Displacement
B. Projection
C. Rationalization
D. Sublimation
Chapter 3. Concepts of Psychobiology
Which client statement indicates the nurse’s teaching about the effect of circadian rhythms is effective?
A. “When I dream about my mother’s horrible train accident, I become hysterical.”
B. “I get really irritable during my menstrual cycle.”
C. “I’m a morning person, so I get my best work done in the a.m.”
D. “Every February, I tend to experience periods of sadness.”
A client experiencing sleep apnea underwent a sleep study. During stage 3 of sleep, a delta rhythm was
recorded. The nurse recognizes that a delta rhythm is characterized by which sleep activity?
A. Dozing
B. Deep and restful sleep
C. Relaxed waking
D. Dreaming
Chapter 5 Legal and Ethical Issues
Group therapy is strongly encouraged, but not mandatory, on an inpatient psychiatric unit. The unit
manager’s policy is that clients can make a choice about whether to attend group therapy. Which ethical
principle does the unit manager’s policy preserve?
A. Justice
B. Autonomy
C. Veracity
D. Beneficence
Which client should a nurse identify as a potential candidate for involuntarily commitment?
A. A client living under a bridge in a cardboard box
B. A client verbalizing intent to commit suicide
C. A homeless client refusing to bathe
Townsend, M. C. and Morgan, K. I. (2018). Psychiatric mental health nursing: Concepts of care in evidence-based practice (9th ed.). F.A. Davis.
, D. A client who eats waste out of a garbage can
Townsend, M. C. and Morgan, K. I. (2018). Psychiatric mental health nursing: Concepts of care in evidence-based practice (9th ed.). F.A. Davis.
( latest (2019/20), All Answers correct.)
Chapter 2. Mental Health and Mental Illness: Historical and Theoretical Concepts
1. The nurse recognizes which principle underlies effective patient teaching?
A. Moderate to severe anxiety increases patient learning.
B. Mild anxiety enhances patient learning.
C. Panic-level anxiety improves nurses’ teaching.
D. Severe anxiety intensifies concentration and enhances attention.
2. A male high school student is attracted to a female teacher. The school nurse overhears the student say, “I know she wants me.” The
nurse recognizes the student is using which defense mechanism?
A. Displacement
B. Projection
C. Rationalization
D. Sublimation
Chapter 3. Concepts of Psychobiology
Which client statement indicates the nurse’s teaching about the effect of circadian rhythms is effective?
A. “When I dream about my mother’s horrible train accident, I become hysterical.”
B. “I get really irritable during my menstrual cycle.”
C. “I’m a morning person, so I get my best work done in the a.m.”
D. “Every February, I tend to experience periods of sadness.”
A client experiencing sleep apnea underwent a sleep study. During stage 3 of sleep, a delta rhythm was
recorded. The nurse recognizes that a delta rhythm is characterized by which sleep activity?
A. Dozing
B. Deep and restful sleep
C. Relaxed waking
D. Dreaming
Chapter 5 Legal and Ethical Issues
Group therapy is strongly encouraged, but not mandatory, on an inpatient psychiatric unit. The unit
manager’s policy is that clients can make a choice about whether to attend group therapy. Which ethical
principle does the unit manager’s policy preserve?
A. Justice
B. Autonomy
C. Veracity
D. Beneficence
Which client should a nurse identify as a potential candidate for involuntarily commitment?
A. A client living under a bridge in a cardboard box
B. A client verbalizing intent to commit suicide
C. A homeless client refusing to bathe
Townsend, M. C. and Morgan, K. I. (2018). Psychiatric mental health nursing: Concepts of care in evidence-based practice (9th ed.). F.A. Davis.
, D. A client who eats waste out of a garbage can
Townsend, M. C. and Morgan, K. I. (2018). Psychiatric mental health nursing: Concepts of care in evidence-based practice (9th ed.). F.A. Davis.
