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NSG3450 /NSG 3450 MENTAL HEALTH EXAM
NEWEST 2025/2026 ACTUAL QUESTIONS WITH
DETAILED ANSWERS VERIFIED FOR
GUARANTEED PASS/ALREADY GRADED A+
Cognitive-behavioral therapy is going well when a 12-year-old patient in
therapy reports to the nurse practitioner: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔ "I
thought that everyone at school hated me. That's not true. Most people like me
and I have a friend named Todd."
What assessment question should the nurse ask when attempting to determine a
teenager's mental health resilience? Select all that apply. - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔
a. "How did you cope when your father deployed with the Army for a year in
Iraq?"
b. "Who did you go to for advice while your father was away for a year in
Iraq?"
d. "Where do you see yourself in 10 years?"
Which factors tend to increase the difficulty of diagnosing young children who
demonstrate behaviors associated with mental illness? Select all that apply. -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔
a. Limited language skills
b. Level of cognitive development
c. Level of emotional development
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Pam, the nurse educator, is teaching a new nurse about seclusion and restraint.
Order the following interventions from least (1) to most (5) restrictive: -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔
(1) a. With the patient, identify the behaviors that are unacceptable and
consequences associated with harmful behaviors
(2) d. Offering a PRN medication by mouth
(3) c. Allowing the patient to take a time-out and sit in his or her room
(4) e. Placing the patient in a locked seclusion room
(5) b. Placing the patient in physical restraints
Which statement demonstrates a well-structured attempt at limit setting? -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔ "Hitting me when you are angry is
unacceptable."
In pediatric mental health, there is a lack of sufficient numbers of community-
based resources and providers, and there are long waiting lists for services. This
has resulted in: Select all that apply. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔
a. Children of color and poor economic conditions being underserved
b. Increased stress in the family unit
d. Premature termination of services
Child protective services have removed 10-year-old Christopher from his
parents' home due to neglect. Christopher reveals to the nurse that he considers
the woman next door his "nice" mom, that he loves school, and gets above
average grades. The strongest explanation of this response is: - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔ c. Resilience
April, a 10-year-old admitted to inpatient pediatric care, has been getting more
and more wound up and is losing self-control in the day room. Time-out does
not appear to be an effective tool for April to engage in self-reflection. April's
mother admits to putting her in time-out up to 20 times a day. The nurse
recognizes that: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔ b. Time-out is no longer an
effective therapeutic measure.
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Adolescents often display fluctuations in mood along with undeveloped
emotional regulation and poor tolerance for frustration. Emotional and
behavioral control usually increases over the course of adolescence due to: -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔ b. Cerebellum maturation
Which characteristics suggest a man is experiencing the prodromal phase of
schizophrenia? Select all that apply. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔ a. Always
afraid that others will steal his belongings.
b. Displays unusual interest in numbers and specific topics.
c. Has increasingly unusual thoughts and uses words oddly.
d. Demonstrates increasing difficulty with concentration.
Which nursing interventions are particularly well chosen for addressing a
population at high risk for developing schizophrenia? Select all that apply. -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔ a. Screening 15- to 25-year-olds for early
symptoms.
c. Teaching ways to cope and build resiliency.
d. Educating about the risk of psychosis with marijuana use.
To provide effective care for the patient who is taking a second-generation
antipsychotic, the nurse should frequently assess for - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔ e. Metabolic syndrome
A female patient diagnosed with schizophrenia has been prescribed a first-
generation antipsychotic medication. What information should the nurse
provide to the patient regarding her signs and symptoms? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔ d. She should experience a reduction in hallucinations.
Which characteristic presents the greatest risk for injury to others by the patient
diagnosed with schizophrenia? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔ d. Paranoia
NSG3450 /NSG 3450 MENTAL HEALTH EXAM
NEWEST 2025/2026 ACTUAL QUESTIONS WITH
DETAILED ANSWERS VERIFIED FOR
GUARANTEED PASS/ALREADY GRADED A+
Cognitive-behavioral therapy is going well when a 12-year-old patient in
therapy reports to the nurse practitioner: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔ "I
thought that everyone at school hated me. That's not true. Most people like me
and I have a friend named Todd."
What assessment question should the nurse ask when attempting to determine a
teenager's mental health resilience? Select all that apply. - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔
a. "How did you cope when your father deployed with the Army for a year in
Iraq?"
b. "Who did you go to for advice while your father was away for a year in
Iraq?"
d. "Where do you see yourself in 10 years?"
Which factors tend to increase the difficulty of diagnosing young children who
demonstrate behaviors associated with mental illness? Select all that apply. -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔
a. Limited language skills
b. Level of cognitive development
c. Level of emotional development
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Pam, the nurse educator, is teaching a new nurse about seclusion and restraint.
Order the following interventions from least (1) to most (5) restrictive: -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔
(1) a. With the patient, identify the behaviors that are unacceptable and
consequences associated with harmful behaviors
(2) d. Offering a PRN medication by mouth
(3) c. Allowing the patient to take a time-out and sit in his or her room
(4) e. Placing the patient in a locked seclusion room
(5) b. Placing the patient in physical restraints
Which statement demonstrates a well-structured attempt at limit setting? -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔ "Hitting me when you are angry is
unacceptable."
In pediatric mental health, there is a lack of sufficient numbers of community-
based resources and providers, and there are long waiting lists for services. This
has resulted in: Select all that apply. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔
a. Children of color and poor economic conditions being underserved
b. Increased stress in the family unit
d. Premature termination of services
Child protective services have removed 10-year-old Christopher from his
parents' home due to neglect. Christopher reveals to the nurse that he considers
the woman next door his "nice" mom, that he loves school, and gets above
average grades. The strongest explanation of this response is: - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔ c. Resilience
April, a 10-year-old admitted to inpatient pediatric care, has been getting more
and more wound up and is losing self-control in the day room. Time-out does
not appear to be an effective tool for April to engage in self-reflection. April's
mother admits to putting her in time-out up to 20 times a day. The nurse
recognizes that: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔ b. Time-out is no longer an
effective therapeutic measure.
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Adolescents often display fluctuations in mood along with undeveloped
emotional regulation and poor tolerance for frustration. Emotional and
behavioral control usually increases over the course of adolescence due to: -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔ b. Cerebellum maturation
Which characteristics suggest a man is experiencing the prodromal phase of
schizophrenia? Select all that apply. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔ a. Always
afraid that others will steal his belongings.
b. Displays unusual interest in numbers and specific topics.
c. Has increasingly unusual thoughts and uses words oddly.
d. Demonstrates increasing difficulty with concentration.
Which nursing interventions are particularly well chosen for addressing a
population at high risk for developing schizophrenia? Select all that apply. -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔ a. Screening 15- to 25-year-olds for early
symptoms.
c. Teaching ways to cope and build resiliency.
d. Educating about the risk of psychosis with marijuana use.
To provide effective care for the patient who is taking a second-generation
antipsychotic, the nurse should frequently assess for - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔ e. Metabolic syndrome
A female patient diagnosed with schizophrenia has been prescribed a first-
generation antipsychotic medication. What information should the nurse
provide to the patient regarding her signs and symptoms? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔ d. She should experience a reduction in hallucinations.
Which characteristic presents the greatest risk for injury to others by the patient
diagnosed with schizophrenia? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔ d. Paranoia
