Quiz_________________?
A 19-year-old female client with diagnosis anorexia nervoua wants to help serve dinner
trays to other clients on a psychiatric unit. Which action should the nurse take?
A. Encourage the client self-motivation by asking her to pass trays for the rest of the week.
B. Provide an additional challenge by asking the client to help feed the older clients.
C. Suggest another way or this client to participate in the unit's activities.
D. Tell the client that hospital guidelines allow only staff to pass the trays. -
Answer✅
Suggest another way for this client to participate in the unit activities
Quiz_________________?
A 22-year-old male client is admitted to the emergency center following a suicide attempt.
His records reveal that this is his third suicide attempt in the past two years. He is
conscious but does not respond to verbal commands for treatment. Which assessment
finding should prompt the nurse to prepare the client for gastric lavage?
A. He ingested the drug 3 hours prior to admission to the emergency center.
B. The family reports that he took an entire bottle of acetaminophen (Tylenol).
C. He is unresponsive to instructions and is unable to cooperate with emetic therapy.
D. Those with repeated suicide attempts desire punishment to relieve their guilt. -
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, Answer✅
He is unresponsive to instructions and is unable to cooperate with emetic therapy
Quiz_________________?
A 25-year-old female client has been particularly restless and the nurse finds her trying to
leave the psychiatric unit. She tells the nurse "Please let me go I must leave because the
secret police are after me." which is best for the nurse to make?
A. No one is after you. You are safe here
B. You will feel better after you have rested
C. I know you must feel lonely and frightened
D. Come with me to your room and I will sit with you -
Answer✅
Come with me to your room and I will sit with you
Quiz_________________?
A 27-year-old female client is admitted to a psychiatric hospital with a diagnosis of bipolar
disorder, manic phase. She is demanding and active. Which intervention should the nurse
include in this clients plan of care?
A. Schedule her to attend various group activities.
B. Reinforce her ability to make her own decisions.
C. Encourage her to identify feelings of anger.
D. Provide a structural environment with little stimuli. -
Answer✅
Provide a structural environment with little stimuli
Quiz_________________?
A 30-year-old sales manger tells the nurse. "I am thinking about a job change. I don't feel like
I am living up to my potential." Which of Maslow developmental stage is the sales manager
attempting to achieve?
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, A. Self-Actualization
B. Loving and Belonging
C. Basic Needs
D. Safety and Security -
Answer✅
Self-actualization
Quiz_________________?
A 35-year-old male client on the psychiatric unit of a general hospital believes that someone
is trying to poison him. The nurse understands that a client's delusions are most likely
related to his
A. Early childhood experiences involving authority issues.
B. Anger about being hospitalized.
C. Low self-esteem
D. Phobia fear of food -
Answer✅
Low self- esteem
Quiz_________________?
A 35-year-old male client who has been hospitalized for two weeks for chronic paranoia
continues to state someone is trying to steal his clothing. The most important action for the
nurse to take is to
A. Encourage the client to actively participate in assigned activities on the unit.
B. Place a lock on the clients closet.
C. Ignore the clients paranoid ideation to extinguish these behaviors.
D. Explain to the client that his suspicions are false. -
Answer✅
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, Encourage the client to actively participate in assigned activities on the unit
Quiz_________________?
A 38-year-old female client is admitted with a diagnosis of paranoid schizophrenia. When
her tray is brought to her, she refuses to eat and tells the nurse. "i know you are trying to
poison me with food." Which response would be most important for the nurse to make?
A. I'll leave your tray here. I am available if you need anything else
B. You are not being poisoned. Why do you think someone is trying to poison you
C. No one on this unit has ever died from poisoning. You are safe here.
D. I will talk to your healthcare provider about the possibility of changing your diet -
Answer✅
I'll leave your tray here. I am available if you need anything else.
Quiz_________________?
A 40-year-old male client diagnosed with schizophrenia and alcohol dependence has not had
any visitors or phone calls since admission. He reports he has no family that cares about him
and was living on the streets prior to admission. According to Erikson theory of
psychosocial development, which stage is the client in at this time?
A. Isolation
B. Stagnation
C. Despair
D. Role confusion -
Answer✅
Stagnation
Quiz_________________?
A 45-year-old female client is admitted to the psychiatric unit for evaluation. Her husbands
states that she has been reluctant to leave home for the last six months. The client has not
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A 19-year-old female client with diagnosis anorexia nervoua wants to help serve dinner
trays to other clients on a psychiatric unit. Which action should the nurse take?
A. Encourage the client self-motivation by asking her to pass trays for the rest of the week.
B. Provide an additional challenge by asking the client to help feed the older clients.
C. Suggest another way or this client to participate in the unit's activities.
D. Tell the client that hospital guidelines allow only staff to pass the trays. -
Answer✅
Suggest another way for this client to participate in the unit activities
Quiz_________________?
A 22-year-old male client is admitted to the emergency center following a suicide attempt.
His records reveal that this is his third suicide attempt in the past two years. He is
conscious but does not respond to verbal commands for treatment. Which assessment
finding should prompt the nurse to prepare the client for gastric lavage?
A. He ingested the drug 3 hours prior to admission to the emergency center.
B. The family reports that he took an entire bottle of acetaminophen (Tylenol).
C. He is unresponsive to instructions and is unable to cooperate with emetic therapy.
D. Those with repeated suicide attempts desire punishment to relieve their guilt. -
1
, Answer✅
He is unresponsive to instructions and is unable to cooperate with emetic therapy
Quiz_________________?
A 25-year-old female client has been particularly restless and the nurse finds her trying to
leave the psychiatric unit. She tells the nurse "Please let me go I must leave because the
secret police are after me." which is best for the nurse to make?
A. No one is after you. You are safe here
B. You will feel better after you have rested
C. I know you must feel lonely and frightened
D. Come with me to your room and I will sit with you -
Answer✅
Come with me to your room and I will sit with you
Quiz_________________?
A 27-year-old female client is admitted to a psychiatric hospital with a diagnosis of bipolar
disorder, manic phase. She is demanding and active. Which intervention should the nurse
include in this clients plan of care?
A. Schedule her to attend various group activities.
B. Reinforce her ability to make her own decisions.
C. Encourage her to identify feelings of anger.
D. Provide a structural environment with little stimuli. -
Answer✅
Provide a structural environment with little stimuli
Quiz_________________?
A 30-year-old sales manger tells the nurse. "I am thinking about a job change. I don't feel like
I am living up to my potential." Which of Maslow developmental stage is the sales manager
attempting to achieve?
2
, A. Self-Actualization
B. Loving and Belonging
C. Basic Needs
D. Safety and Security -
Answer✅
Self-actualization
Quiz_________________?
A 35-year-old male client on the psychiatric unit of a general hospital believes that someone
is trying to poison him. The nurse understands that a client's delusions are most likely
related to his
A. Early childhood experiences involving authority issues.
B. Anger about being hospitalized.
C. Low self-esteem
D. Phobia fear of food -
Answer✅
Low self- esteem
Quiz_________________?
A 35-year-old male client who has been hospitalized for two weeks for chronic paranoia
continues to state someone is trying to steal his clothing. The most important action for the
nurse to take is to
A. Encourage the client to actively participate in assigned activities on the unit.
B. Place a lock on the clients closet.
C. Ignore the clients paranoid ideation to extinguish these behaviors.
D. Explain to the client that his suspicions are false. -
Answer✅
3
, Encourage the client to actively participate in assigned activities on the unit
Quiz_________________?
A 38-year-old female client is admitted with a diagnosis of paranoid schizophrenia. When
her tray is brought to her, she refuses to eat and tells the nurse. "i know you are trying to
poison me with food." Which response would be most important for the nurse to make?
A. I'll leave your tray here. I am available if you need anything else
B. You are not being poisoned. Why do you think someone is trying to poison you
C. No one on this unit has ever died from poisoning. You are safe here.
D. I will talk to your healthcare provider about the possibility of changing your diet -
Answer✅
I'll leave your tray here. I am available if you need anything else.
Quiz_________________?
A 40-year-old male client diagnosed with schizophrenia and alcohol dependence has not had
any visitors or phone calls since admission. He reports he has no family that cares about him
and was living on the streets prior to admission. According to Erikson theory of
psychosocial development, which stage is the client in at this time?
A. Isolation
B. Stagnation
C. Despair
D. Role confusion -
Answer✅
Stagnation
Quiz_________________?
A 45-year-old female client is admitted to the psychiatric unit for evaluation. Her husbands
states that she has been reluctant to leave home for the last six months. The client has not
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