3/22/25, 11:56 AM NCLEX Mental Health
NCLEX RN Mental Health Test Bank for 2025
LATEST VERSION WITH VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
GRADED A+
1.
Monitor airway.
A client diagnosed with
schizophrenia is 2.
experiencing an acute Notify the registered nurse (RN).
dystonia reaction. Which
interventions should the 4.
licensed practical nurse Remain with the client to provide support.
(LPN) initiate? Select all
that apply. 6.
Administer a prescribed IM antiparkinsonian
medication.
The nurse is caring for a 1.
client with depression in Notify the health care provider.
the mental health unit who
is refusing to take the 2.
prescribed oral Document the refusal of medication.
antidepressant. Which are
the nurse's best actions to 3.
this client's medication Ask the client why he is refusing the medication.
refusal? Select all that
apply.
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,3/22/25, 11:56 AM NCLEX Mental Health
A client who attempted Stay with the client at all times.
suicide by overdosing with
a very large number of
antidepressant pills has
been admitted to the
psychiatric unit. The nurse,
being most concerned
with the client's safety,
should take which action?
The nurse is preparing a Goals and objectives
care plan for the client
with obsessive-
compulsive disorder
(OCD). The nurse should
focus on which as the
primary means to
accomplish work with this
client?
The nurse caring for a 3.
client who has been Misplacing a valuable object
diagnosed with stage 3
Alzheimer's disease and 5.
should expect to observe Difficulty coming up with the right word
which behaviors in this
client? Select all that
apply.
A client who has just "You seem very distressed over learning you have
received a diagnosis of asthma."
asthma says to the nurse,
"This condition is just
another nail in my coffin."
Which response by the
nurse is therapeutic?
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,3/22/25, 11:56 AM NCLEX Mental Health
A client with a history of The presence of existing suicidal thoughts
depression and several
suicide attempts is
admitted to the mental
health unit reporting
severe suicidal thoughts.
The nurse should focus
the initial data collection
on which information?
A client is unwilling to go Agoraphobia
out of the house for fear
of "doing something crazy
in public." Because of this
fear, the client remains
homebound except when
accompanied outside by
the spouse. The nurse
determines that the client
has which?
The day nurses in a Offer to assist the client to an examination room until
psychiatric unit are the health care provider is notified.
receiving report from the
night shift. During report, a
client approaches the
nurses' station, becomes
very loud and angry, and
demands to be seen by
the health care provider
immediately. Which
nursing intervention is
appropriate?
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, 3/22/25, 11:56 AM NCLEX Mental Health
A client newly admitted to Somatization disorder
the mental health unit
describes a recent history
of emotional turmoil. The
client exhibits physical
symptoms and has some
loss of physical
functioning. The nurse
determines that this client
is exhibiting signs
compatible with which?
Milieu therapy is Client involvement in goal setting
prescribed for a client. The
nurse understands that this
type of therapy can best
be described as which?
The nurse reviews the Psychodrama
treatment prescribed for a
client with a mental health
disorder. The nurse
understands that a form of
psychotherapy in which
the client enacts situations
that are of emotional
significance is identified
by which term?
When caring for a client Explaining procedures to be completed and why the
who has been raped, procedures are necessary
which intervention should
the nurse implement
during the examination?
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NCLEX RN Mental Health Test Bank for 2025
LATEST VERSION WITH VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
GRADED A+
1.
Monitor airway.
A client diagnosed with
schizophrenia is 2.
experiencing an acute Notify the registered nurse (RN).
dystonia reaction. Which
interventions should the 4.
licensed practical nurse Remain with the client to provide support.
(LPN) initiate? Select all
that apply. 6.
Administer a prescribed IM antiparkinsonian
medication.
The nurse is caring for a 1.
client with depression in Notify the health care provider.
the mental health unit who
is refusing to take the 2.
prescribed oral Document the refusal of medication.
antidepressant. Which are
the nurse's best actions to 3.
this client's medication Ask the client why he is refusing the medication.
refusal? Select all that
apply.
1/66
,3/22/25, 11:56 AM NCLEX Mental Health
A client who attempted Stay with the client at all times.
suicide by overdosing with
a very large number of
antidepressant pills has
been admitted to the
psychiatric unit. The nurse,
being most concerned
with the client's safety,
should take which action?
The nurse is preparing a Goals and objectives
care plan for the client
with obsessive-
compulsive disorder
(OCD). The nurse should
focus on which as the
primary means to
accomplish work with this
client?
The nurse caring for a 3.
client who has been Misplacing a valuable object
diagnosed with stage 3
Alzheimer's disease and 5.
should expect to observe Difficulty coming up with the right word
which behaviors in this
client? Select all that
apply.
A client who has just "You seem very distressed over learning you have
received a diagnosis of asthma."
asthma says to the nurse,
"This condition is just
another nail in my coffin."
Which response by the
nurse is therapeutic?
2/66
,3/22/25, 11:56 AM NCLEX Mental Health
A client with a history of The presence of existing suicidal thoughts
depression and several
suicide attempts is
admitted to the mental
health unit reporting
severe suicidal thoughts.
The nurse should focus
the initial data collection
on which information?
A client is unwilling to go Agoraphobia
out of the house for fear
of "doing something crazy
in public." Because of this
fear, the client remains
homebound except when
accompanied outside by
the spouse. The nurse
determines that the client
has which?
The day nurses in a Offer to assist the client to an examination room until
psychiatric unit are the health care provider is notified.
receiving report from the
night shift. During report, a
client approaches the
nurses' station, becomes
very loud and angry, and
demands to be seen by
the health care provider
immediately. Which
nursing intervention is
appropriate?
3/66
, 3/22/25, 11:56 AM NCLEX Mental Health
A client newly admitted to Somatization disorder
the mental health unit
describes a recent history
of emotional turmoil. The
client exhibits physical
symptoms and has some
loss of physical
functioning. The nurse
determines that this client
is exhibiting signs
compatible with which?
Milieu therapy is Client involvement in goal setting
prescribed for a client. The
nurse understands that this
type of therapy can best
be described as which?
The nurse reviews the Psychodrama
treatment prescribed for a
client with a mental health
disorder. The nurse
understands that a form of
psychotherapy in which
the client enacts situations
that are of emotional
significance is identified
by which term?
When caring for a client Explaining procedures to be completed and why the
who has been raped, procedures are necessary
which intervention should
the nurse implement
during the examination?
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