QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS A+ NGN HESI MENTAL HEALTH RN
V1-V7 TEST BANK 2025 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS A+ NGN
HESI MENTAL HEALTH RN V1-V7 TEST BANK 2025 QUESTIONS
AND VERIFIED ANSWERS GRADED A+
Several clients with chronic mental illness and multiple substance abuse
histories live in a group residential home and attend daycare mental health
facility where group and individual therapies are provided. The RN finds the
common bathroom at the facility with sputum on the walls, urine in the sink
and on the floors, and the toilet stopped up with tissue, paper towels, and
feces. What is the priority issue that the RN should address?
A. Medication non-compliance.
B. Number of bathroom facilities.
C. Infection control.
D. Acting out behaviors.
C. Infection control.
A client with schizophrenia is admitted to the psychiatric care unit for
aggressive behavior, auditory hallucinations, and potential for safe harm. The
client has not been taking medications as prescribed and insists that the food
has been poisoned and refuses to eat. What intervention should the RN
implement?
A. Assure the client that all food served in the hospital is safe to eat. B. Tell the
client that irrational thinking is a symptom of schizophrenia. C. Obtain an
order for a tube feeding for the client.
D. Provide the client with food in unopened containers
D. Provide the client with food in unopened containers
The RN is providing education about strategies for a safety plan for a female
client who is a victim of intimate partner violence. Which strategies should be
included in the safety plan? (SOA)
A. Purchase a gun to use for protection.
, B. Establish a code with family and friends to signify violence.
C. Take a self-defense course that retaliates the abuser with injury.
D. Have a bag ready that has extra clothes for self and children.
E. Plan an escape route to use if the abuser blocks the main exit.
B. Establish a code with family and friends to signify violence.
D. Have a bag ready that has extra clothes for self and children.
E. Plan an escape route to use if the abuser blocks the main exit.
The RN is admitting a male client who take lithium carbonate (Eskalith) twice a
day. Which information should the RN report to the HCP immediately?
A. Short term memory loss.
B. Five pound weight gain
C. Decreased affect.
D. Nausea and vomiting.
D. Nausea and vomiting.
A male client who is admitted with delirium tremens is dehydrated and
experiencing auditory hallucinations. He has a bruised, swollen tongue and is
confused. In developing a plan of care, which action should the RN include to
ensure the client is physiologically stable?
A. Encourage oral fluids.
B. Monitor vital signs.
C. Keep the room dark.
D. Apply ice to his tongue.
B. Monitor vital signs.
A RN is teaching a client about initiation of a prescribed abstinence therapy
using Disulfiram (Antabuse). What information should the client acknowledge
understanding?
A. Admit to others that he is a substance abuser.
B. Remain alcohol free for 12 hours prior to first dose.
C. Attend monthly meetings of alcoholics anonymous.
D. Completely sustain from heroin or cocaine use.
B. Remain alcohol free for 12 hours prior to first dose