HESI RN MENTAL
HEALTH EXAM NEW
FILE
, 1. A male client with schizophrenia is admitted to the mental health unit after
abruptly stopping his prescription for ziprasidone (Geodon) one month ago.
Which question is most important for the nurse to ask the client?
• Do you hear voices.
2. Which client statement suggests to the nurse that the client is using the
defense mechanism of projection to deal with anxiety related to admission to a
psychiatric unit?
• I am here because the police thought I was doing something wrong
3. A female client on a psychiatric unit is sweating profusely while she
vigorously does push-ups and then runs the length of the corridor several times
before crashing into the furniture in the sitting room. Picking herself up, she
begins to toss chairs aside, looking for a red one to sit in. When another client
objects to the disturbances, the client shouts," I am the boss here. I do what I
want." Which nursing problem best supports these observations?
• Risk for other related violence related to disruptive
4. What is the most important goal for a client diagnosed with major depression
who has been receiving an antidepressant medication for two weeks?
• not attempt to commit suicide
5. Alcohol-Pancreatitis health assessment of history of alcohol dependency
WHAT ELSE WOULD BE A CONCERN?
• pancreatitis
6. Anorexia Nervosa-syncope Syncope is a clinical feature of?
• Abuse-BAL
7. Admission A female client with a history of drinking who was admitted 8
hours ago after receiving treatment for minor abrasions occurred from a fall at
home. The nurse determines the client's blood alcohol level (BAL) was not
analyzed on administration, What action should the nurse take?
• Blood alcohol level- ask the client about alcohol quantity, frequency, and
time of the last drink.
8. . In group therapy the charge nurse notices a client increasing to severe levels of
anxiety. What should the nurse do?
• Talk in a calm, approaching manner
9. A chronic depressed older man refuses to leave his room. His family moved
HEALTH EXAM NEW
FILE
, 1. A male client with schizophrenia is admitted to the mental health unit after
abruptly stopping his prescription for ziprasidone (Geodon) one month ago.
Which question is most important for the nurse to ask the client?
• Do you hear voices.
2. Which client statement suggests to the nurse that the client is using the
defense mechanism of projection to deal with anxiety related to admission to a
psychiatric unit?
• I am here because the police thought I was doing something wrong
3. A female client on a psychiatric unit is sweating profusely while she
vigorously does push-ups and then runs the length of the corridor several times
before crashing into the furniture in the sitting room. Picking herself up, she
begins to toss chairs aside, looking for a red one to sit in. When another client
objects to the disturbances, the client shouts," I am the boss here. I do what I
want." Which nursing problem best supports these observations?
• Risk for other related violence related to disruptive
4. What is the most important goal for a client diagnosed with major depression
who has been receiving an antidepressant medication for two weeks?
• not attempt to commit suicide
5. Alcohol-Pancreatitis health assessment of history of alcohol dependency
WHAT ELSE WOULD BE A CONCERN?
• pancreatitis
6. Anorexia Nervosa-syncope Syncope is a clinical feature of?
• Abuse-BAL
7. Admission A female client with a history of drinking who was admitted 8
hours ago after receiving treatment for minor abrasions occurred from a fall at
home. The nurse determines the client's blood alcohol level (BAL) was not
analyzed on administration, What action should the nurse take?
• Blood alcohol level- ask the client about alcohol quantity, frequency, and
time of the last drink.
8. . In group therapy the charge nurse notices a client increasing to severe levels of
anxiety. What should the nurse do?
• Talk in a calm, approaching manner
9. A chronic depressed older man refuses to leave his room. His family moved
