Overview of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing NCLEX Exam (2025) comprehensive
questions and verified answers ( detailed & elaborated) 2025-2026 graded A+
A nurse completing a cultural assessment of the client recognizes a personal
tendency to engage in stereotyping in countertransference responses. The
nurse should further recognize that these behaviors are likely to lead the nurse
to do which of the following?
A. Anticipate the unmet needs of the individual client
B. Be open and honest while responding to the client's concerns
C. Fail to recognize unmet needs of the individual client
D. Facilitate the treatment process
C
In order to deal effectively with the spiritual needs of a client, what should be
the nurse's initial strategy?
A. Refer the client to an appropriate clergy
B. Clarify own spiritual beliefs and values
C. Use a spiritual assessment tool
D. Discuss on religiosity with the client
B
During a team meeting, the nurse develops the outcomes of care for a
depressed male client. Which of the following is the most appropriately stated
outcome for the client within 3 days?
A. Feel less depressed
B. Reduce self-rating on a depression scale by 10%
C. State he has significantly more insight into his problems
D. Feel supported as he deals with grief issues
B
In older adult grieving the loss of a family member reports all of the following
symptoms to the nurse. To plan appropriate nursing interventions, the nurse
needs to determine which symptoms need to be addressed first. Put the
following client symptoms in order from highest to lowest priority.
A. Occasional feelings of tightness in the chest
B. Expressed thoughts of being better off dead
, C. Statements of guilt about a loved one's death
D. Morbid preoccupation with feelings of worthlessness
B,D,A,C
An elderly African-American woman is admitted for sepsis and pneumonia.
She immediately calls for her minister to be at her bedside to pray with her.
The nurse recognises this as a(n):
A. Indication that she feels she may die soon
B. Positive coping mechanism in the African-American culture
C. Indication that the client is lonely
D. Signal that the client does not trust the hospital staff
B
The client says, "I feel like I've been abandoned." The nurse who chooses to
which communication technique might reply, "You feel alone...?"
A. Focusing
B. Summarizing
C. Reflecting
D. Restating
C
A new staff nurse asks the experienced psychiatric-mental health nurse to
explain the primary purpose for which nurses use the DSM-IV-TR. The
response should be:
A. Determine functional categories of physical disabilities of the client
B.Understand the clients psychiatric-mental health medical diagnosis
C. Define categories of nursing diagnoses for the client
D. Specify individualized outcomes for nursing care of the client
B
When teaching new staff members about mental illness/mental health
treatment approaches developed during the 1900's, the nurse should indicate
that which therapeutic approaches were developed at approximately the same
point in time? Select all that apply.
A. Community mental health centers
B. Antipsychotic medications
C. Nurse-client relationship theory
D. Psychoanalysis
questions and verified answers ( detailed & elaborated) 2025-2026 graded A+
A nurse completing a cultural assessment of the client recognizes a personal
tendency to engage in stereotyping in countertransference responses. The
nurse should further recognize that these behaviors are likely to lead the nurse
to do which of the following?
A. Anticipate the unmet needs of the individual client
B. Be open and honest while responding to the client's concerns
C. Fail to recognize unmet needs of the individual client
D. Facilitate the treatment process
C
In order to deal effectively with the spiritual needs of a client, what should be
the nurse's initial strategy?
A. Refer the client to an appropriate clergy
B. Clarify own spiritual beliefs and values
C. Use a spiritual assessment tool
D. Discuss on religiosity with the client
B
During a team meeting, the nurse develops the outcomes of care for a
depressed male client. Which of the following is the most appropriately stated
outcome for the client within 3 days?
A. Feel less depressed
B. Reduce self-rating on a depression scale by 10%
C. State he has significantly more insight into his problems
D. Feel supported as he deals with grief issues
B
In older adult grieving the loss of a family member reports all of the following
symptoms to the nurse. To plan appropriate nursing interventions, the nurse
needs to determine which symptoms need to be addressed first. Put the
following client symptoms in order from highest to lowest priority.
A. Occasional feelings of tightness in the chest
B. Expressed thoughts of being better off dead
, C. Statements of guilt about a loved one's death
D. Morbid preoccupation with feelings of worthlessness
B,D,A,C
An elderly African-American woman is admitted for sepsis and pneumonia.
She immediately calls for her minister to be at her bedside to pray with her.
The nurse recognises this as a(n):
A. Indication that she feels she may die soon
B. Positive coping mechanism in the African-American culture
C. Indication that the client is lonely
D. Signal that the client does not trust the hospital staff
B
The client says, "I feel like I've been abandoned." The nurse who chooses to
which communication technique might reply, "You feel alone...?"
A. Focusing
B. Summarizing
C. Reflecting
D. Restating
C
A new staff nurse asks the experienced psychiatric-mental health nurse to
explain the primary purpose for which nurses use the DSM-IV-TR. The
response should be:
A. Determine functional categories of physical disabilities of the client
B.Understand the clients psychiatric-mental health medical diagnosis
C. Define categories of nursing diagnoses for the client
D. Specify individualized outcomes for nursing care of the client
B
When teaching new staff members about mental illness/mental health
treatment approaches developed during the 1900's, the nurse should indicate
that which therapeutic approaches were developed at approximately the same
point in time? Select all that apply.
A. Community mental health centers
B. Antipsychotic medications
C. Nurse-client relationship theory
D. Psychoanalysis
