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2025 LATEST HESI MENTAL HEALTH FINAL EXAM: COMPREHENSIVE EXAM WITH
CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS AND DETAILED RATIONALES. GRADED A+.
GUARANTEED SUCCESS WITH NGN MATERIAL
"Since ours is a professional relationship, let's explore other opportunities in your life for friendship."
- ANSWER-If a pt says,"I feel really close to you. You are the only true friend I have," what would be
the most therapeutic response the nurse can give?
.0 to 18 inches. - ANSWER-What would be a comfortable distance for parents with young children,
people who desire contact, or people whispering?
.1. Dementia
2. Delirium
3. Head Injuries
4. Intoxication with Alcohol/Drugs
5. Antisocial & Borderline Personality - ANSWER-In what 5 disorders is aggression often seen?
.1. Drink a 2-L bottle of decaffeinated fluid daily.
2. Do not alter dietary salt intake.
3. See the doctor if you get the flu, fever, or diarrhea (dehydration is bad). - ANSWER-What 3 health
maintenance recommendations should a nurse give a pt being discharged with lithium?
.1. Exploring perceptions of reality.
2. Promoting a positive self-concept.
3. Working through resistance. - ANSWER-What interventions should be included in an updated
treatment plan for a pt with an eating disorder after the nurse has worked with them for 1 week?
.1. Exploring underlying personality dynamics and focusing on emotional deficits.
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2. Offering a self-help group. - ANSWER-What 2 methods would not be helpful to a pt in a crisis
situation?
.1. Have the symptoms you were experiencing disappeared?
2. If the symptoms have not disappeared, are you able to carry out your daily life despite the
persistence of some psychotic symptoms?
3. Are you committed to taking the medication as prescribed?
4. Are you satisfied with your quality of life? - ANSWER-What 4 questions would it be best for a nurse
to ask in order to help in evaluating the effectiveness of antipsychotic medications for a client who
has schizophrenia?
.1. Maintains the right to refuse treatment if they're not a danger to anyone.
2. Has the right to the least restrictive environment appropriate to meet their needs.
3. They have the right to refuse medications even when they are psychotic. - ANSWER-What 3 things
does the pt have the right to do?
.1. One day at a time.
2. Easy does it.
3. Let go and let God. - ANSWER-What 3 slogans would be used in a 12-step program?
.1. Proper diet
2. Drinking enough fluids
3. Using a stool softener to avoid constipation.
4. Sucking on hard candy to minimize dry mouth.
5. Using sunscreen to avoid sunburn. - ANSWER-What are 5 interventions that can be used to help in
the control of side effects in schizophrenic pts?
.1. The client is aggressive.
2. The client is imminently dangerous to himself or herself or to others.
3. All other means of calming the client have been unsuccessful. - ANSWER-What 3 criteria must be
adhered to when instituting the short-term use of restraint or seclusion?
2025 LATEST HESI MENTAL HEALTH FINAL EXAM: COMPREHENSIVE EXAM WITH
CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS AND DETAILED RATIONALES. GRADED A+.
GUARANTEED SUCCESS WITH NGN MATERIAL
"Since ours is a professional relationship, let's explore other opportunities in your life for friendship."
- ANSWER-If a pt says,"I feel really close to you. You are the only true friend I have," what would be
the most therapeutic response the nurse can give?
.0 to 18 inches. - ANSWER-What would be a comfortable distance for parents with young children,
people who desire contact, or people whispering?
.1. Dementia
2. Delirium
3. Head Injuries
4. Intoxication with Alcohol/Drugs
5. Antisocial & Borderline Personality - ANSWER-In what 5 disorders is aggression often seen?
.1. Drink a 2-L bottle of decaffeinated fluid daily.
2. Do not alter dietary salt intake.
3. See the doctor if you get the flu, fever, or diarrhea (dehydration is bad). - ANSWER-What 3 health
maintenance recommendations should a nurse give a pt being discharged with lithium?
.1. Exploring perceptions of reality.
2. Promoting a positive self-concept.
3. Working through resistance. - ANSWER-What interventions should be included in an updated
treatment plan for a pt with an eating disorder after the nurse has worked with them for 1 week?
.1. Exploring underlying personality dynamics and focusing on emotional deficits.
, 2|Page
2. Offering a self-help group. - ANSWER-What 2 methods would not be helpful to a pt in a crisis
situation?
.1. Have the symptoms you were experiencing disappeared?
2. If the symptoms have not disappeared, are you able to carry out your daily life despite the
persistence of some psychotic symptoms?
3. Are you committed to taking the medication as prescribed?
4. Are you satisfied with your quality of life? - ANSWER-What 4 questions would it be best for a nurse
to ask in order to help in evaluating the effectiveness of antipsychotic medications for a client who
has schizophrenia?
.1. Maintains the right to refuse treatment if they're not a danger to anyone.
2. Has the right to the least restrictive environment appropriate to meet their needs.
3. They have the right to refuse medications even when they are psychotic. - ANSWER-What 3 things
does the pt have the right to do?
.1. One day at a time.
2. Easy does it.
3. Let go and let God. - ANSWER-What 3 slogans would be used in a 12-step program?
.1. Proper diet
2. Drinking enough fluids
3. Using a stool softener to avoid constipation.
4. Sucking on hard candy to minimize dry mouth.
5. Using sunscreen to avoid sunburn. - ANSWER-What are 5 interventions that can be used to help in
the control of side effects in schizophrenic pts?
.1. The client is aggressive.
2. The client is imminently dangerous to himself or herself or to others.
3. All other means of calming the client have been unsuccessful. - ANSWER-What 3 criteria must be
adhered to when instituting the short-term use of restraint or seclusion?
