NURS RN CU2 3rd EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
ANSWERS GRADED A+ SUCCESS ASSUARED 2023
UPDATE
Question 1
Multiple choice (one answer)
Mr. Marquez reports of losing his job, not being able to sleep at night, and feeling
upset with his wife. Nurse John responds to the client, “You may want to talk about
your employment situation in group today.” The Nurse is using which therapeutic
technique?
Observations
Restating
Focusing
Exploring
The nurse is using focusing by suggesting that the client discuss a specific issue.
Question 2
Multiple choice (one answer)
Tony refuses his evening dose of Haloperidol (Haldol), then becomes extremely
agitated in the dayroom while other clients are watching television. He begins cursing
and throwing furniture. Nurse Oliver first action is to:
Place the client in full leather restraints.
Remove all other clients from the dayroom.
Check the client’s medical record for an order for an as-needed I.M. dose of
medication for agitation.
Call the attending physician and report the behavior.
The nurse's first priority is to consider the safety of the clients in the therapeutic setting.
Question 3
, NURS RN CU2 3rd EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
ANSWERS GRADED A+ SUCCESS ASSUARED 2023
UPDATE
The client is harmful to self
The client is harmful to
others The client is disruptive
The client needs to be on medication first
Group activity provides too much stimulation, which the client will not be able to handle
(harmful to self) and as a result will be disruptive to others.
Question 4
Multiple choice (one answer)
Dervid, an adolescent boy was admitted for substance abuse and hallucinations. The
client’s mother asks Nurse Armando to talk with his husband when he arrives at the
hospital. The mother says that she is afraid of what the father might say to the boy.
The most appropriate nursing intervention would be to:
Suggest that the father and son work things out.
Refer the mother to the hospital social worker.
Inform the mother that she and the father can work through this problem
themselves.
Agree to talk with the mother and the father together.
By agreeing to talk with both parents, the nurse can provide emotional support and further assess and
validate the family's needs.
Question 5
Multiple choice (one answer)
What is Nurse John likely to note in a male client being admitted for alcohol
withdrawal?
Perceptual disorders.
, NURS RN CU2 3rd EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
ANSWERS GRADED A+ SUCCESS ASSUARED 2023
UPDATE
Frightening visual hallucinations are especially common in clients experiencing alcohol withdrawal.
Question 6
Multiple choice (one answer)
Aira has taken amitriptyline HCL (Elavil) for 3 days, but now complains that it
“doesn’t help” and refuses to take it. What should the nurse say or do?
Suggest that it takes awhile before seeing the results
Encourage the client to tell the doctor
Record the client’s
response Withhold the drug
Suggest that it takes awhile before seeing the results.
Question 7
Multiple choice (one answer)
Erik, an adolescent has a history of truancy from school, running away from home
and “barrowing” other people’s things without their permission. The adolescent
denies stealing, rationalizing instead that as long as no one was using the items, it was
all right to borrow them. It is important for the nurse to understand the
psychodynamically, this behavior may be largely attributed to a developmental defect
related to the:
Superego
Ego
Oedipal complex
Id
This behavior shows a weak sense of moral consciousness. According to Freudian theory, personality
disorders stem from a weak superego.
ANSWERS GRADED A+ SUCCESS ASSUARED 2023
UPDATE
Question 1
Multiple choice (one answer)
Mr. Marquez reports of losing his job, not being able to sleep at night, and feeling
upset with his wife. Nurse John responds to the client, “You may want to talk about
your employment situation in group today.” The Nurse is using which therapeutic
technique?
Observations
Restating
Focusing
Exploring
The nurse is using focusing by suggesting that the client discuss a specific issue.
Question 2
Multiple choice (one answer)
Tony refuses his evening dose of Haloperidol (Haldol), then becomes extremely
agitated in the dayroom while other clients are watching television. He begins cursing
and throwing furniture. Nurse Oliver first action is to:
Place the client in full leather restraints.
Remove all other clients from the dayroom.
Check the client’s medical record for an order for an as-needed I.M. dose of
medication for agitation.
Call the attending physician and report the behavior.
The nurse's first priority is to consider the safety of the clients in the therapeutic setting.
Question 3
, NURS RN CU2 3rd EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
ANSWERS GRADED A+ SUCCESS ASSUARED 2023
UPDATE
The client is harmful to self
The client is harmful to
others The client is disruptive
The client needs to be on medication first
Group activity provides too much stimulation, which the client will not be able to handle
(harmful to self) and as a result will be disruptive to others.
Question 4
Multiple choice (one answer)
Dervid, an adolescent boy was admitted for substance abuse and hallucinations. The
client’s mother asks Nurse Armando to talk with his husband when he arrives at the
hospital. The mother says that she is afraid of what the father might say to the boy.
The most appropriate nursing intervention would be to:
Suggest that the father and son work things out.
Refer the mother to the hospital social worker.
Inform the mother that she and the father can work through this problem
themselves.
Agree to talk with the mother and the father together.
By agreeing to talk with both parents, the nurse can provide emotional support and further assess and
validate the family's needs.
Question 5
Multiple choice (one answer)
What is Nurse John likely to note in a male client being admitted for alcohol
withdrawal?
Perceptual disorders.
, NURS RN CU2 3rd EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
ANSWERS GRADED A+ SUCCESS ASSUARED 2023
UPDATE
Frightening visual hallucinations are especially common in clients experiencing alcohol withdrawal.
Question 6
Multiple choice (one answer)
Aira has taken amitriptyline HCL (Elavil) for 3 days, but now complains that it
“doesn’t help” and refuses to take it. What should the nurse say or do?
Suggest that it takes awhile before seeing the results
Encourage the client to tell the doctor
Record the client’s
response Withhold the drug
Suggest that it takes awhile before seeing the results.
Question 7
Multiple choice (one answer)
Erik, an adolescent has a history of truancy from school, running away from home
and “barrowing” other people’s things without their permission. The adolescent
denies stealing, rationalizing instead that as long as no one was using the items, it was
all right to borrow them. It is important for the nurse to understand the
psychodynamically, this behavior may be largely attributed to a developmental defect
related to the:
Superego
Ego
Oedipal complex
Id
This behavior shows a weak sense of moral consciousness. According to Freudian theory, personality
disorders stem from a weak superego.
