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NUR661 EXAM 1 /NUR 661 MARYVILLE EXAM 1 LATEST 2025
ACTUAL EXAM WITH COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS (100% VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY
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Psychiatricmental health nursing interventions occur at which of
the following levels of communication?
1. Public
2. Intrapersonal
3. Interpersonal
4. International - ANSWER-Answer: 3
In planning care for a client who is gaining mental stability, the
nurse develops measures to confirm the clients view of self.
Which of the following responses made by the nurse would be
categorized as disturbed communication?
1. I do not understand what you are telling me.
2. You are wrong.
3. How might you go about that differently?
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4. Do you want to try that again? - ANSWER-Answer: 2
Which of the following communication theories provides the most
appropriate rationale for a nursing intervention to utilize the
perceived strengths of the client in promoting effective
communication?
1. Behavioral Effects and Human Communication Theory
2. Neurolinguistic Programming Theory
3. Theory of Communication Levels
4. Therapeutic Communication Theory - ANSWER-Answer: 4
Which of the following is not related to the theory of successful
versus disturbed communication patterns during an admission
assessment?
1. The appropriateness of the content of the message.
2. The quality of the feedback provided.
3. The language level of the assessment nurse.
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4. How efficiently the client delivers a message - ANSWER-
Answer: 3
A client asks the nurse about the doctors comment that he may
have problems due to delayed synaptic transmission in his brain.
The nurse explains that the best way to describe a synaptic
transmission is which of the following?
1. An electrochemical process called neurotransmission
2. Where the axon is released
3. When the receptors bind to neurons
4. The space where neurotransmitters match up with receptors -
ANSWER-Answer: 1
A client is admitted to the psychiatric unit exhibiting behaviors
indicating a high level of anxiety following a personal crisis. Which
of the following communication skills should the nurse utilize
when interacting with this client?
1. Closed-ended questions
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2. Providing reassurance
3. Open-ended questions
4. Providing the client with advice - ANSWER-Answer: 1
During a nurseclient interaction, the client tells the nurse, I dont
think I can deal with feeling so sad much longer. The nurses best
response is which of the following?
1. Is there a history of depression in your family?
2. We all have times of sadness.
3. Are you saying you feel sad?
4. Tell me about your feelings of sadness. - ANSWER-Answer: 4
While reviewing therapeutic communication techniques, a nursing
student made a list of things not to do or say to a client. Which of
the following comments should be on the students list?
1. How do you feel about being discharged today?
2. What happened when you quit taking your medications?
NUR661 EXAM 1 /NUR 661 MARYVILLE EXAM 1 LATEST 2025
ACTUAL EXAM WITH COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS (100% VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY
GRADED A+| ||PROFESSOR VERIFIED|| ||BRANDNEW!!!||
Psychiatricmental health nursing interventions occur at which of
the following levels of communication?
1. Public
2. Intrapersonal
3. Interpersonal
4. International - ANSWER-Answer: 3
In planning care for a client who is gaining mental stability, the
nurse develops measures to confirm the clients view of self.
Which of the following responses made by the nurse would be
categorized as disturbed communication?
1. I do not understand what you are telling me.
2. You are wrong.
3. How might you go about that differently?
,2|Page
4. Do you want to try that again? - ANSWER-Answer: 2
Which of the following communication theories provides the most
appropriate rationale for a nursing intervention to utilize the
perceived strengths of the client in promoting effective
communication?
1. Behavioral Effects and Human Communication Theory
2. Neurolinguistic Programming Theory
3. Theory of Communication Levels
4. Therapeutic Communication Theory - ANSWER-Answer: 4
Which of the following is not related to the theory of successful
versus disturbed communication patterns during an admission
assessment?
1. The appropriateness of the content of the message.
2. The quality of the feedback provided.
3. The language level of the assessment nurse.
,3|Page
4. How efficiently the client delivers a message - ANSWER-
Answer: 3
A client asks the nurse about the doctors comment that he may
have problems due to delayed synaptic transmission in his brain.
The nurse explains that the best way to describe a synaptic
transmission is which of the following?
1. An electrochemical process called neurotransmission
2. Where the axon is released
3. When the receptors bind to neurons
4. The space where neurotransmitters match up with receptors -
ANSWER-Answer: 1
A client is admitted to the psychiatric unit exhibiting behaviors
indicating a high level of anxiety following a personal crisis. Which
of the following communication skills should the nurse utilize
when interacting with this client?
1. Closed-ended questions
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2. Providing reassurance
3. Open-ended questions
4. Providing the client with advice - ANSWER-Answer: 1
During a nurseclient interaction, the client tells the nurse, I dont
think I can deal with feeling so sad much longer. The nurses best
response is which of the following?
1. Is there a history of depression in your family?
2. We all have times of sadness.
3. Are you saying you feel sad?
4. Tell me about your feelings of sadness. - ANSWER-Answer: 4
While reviewing therapeutic communication techniques, a nursing
student made a list of things not to do or say to a client. Which of
the following comments should be on the students list?
1. How do you feel about being discharged today?
2. What happened when you quit taking your medications?
