LATEST NUR 256 MENTAL HEALTH (2025/2026)
EXAM WITH COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
DETAILED CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS
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NUR 256
Succeed in your NUR 256 Mental Health Exam 2025/2026 with this
comprehensive review guide in confidence. Questions featured tests
key concepts on psychiatric disorders, therapeutic communication, and
mental health nursing interventions. Ideal for nursing students aiming
to strengthen their understanding and boost exam performance.
A nurse wants to teach alternative coping strategies to a
client experiencing severe anxiety. Which action should the
nurse perform first?
a. Verify the client's learning style.
b. Lower the client's current anxiety.
c. Create outcomes and a teaching plan.
d. Assess how the client uses defense mechanisms. ......
ANSWER ....... a. Verify the client's learning style.
b. Lower the client's current anxiety.
c. Create outcomes and a teaching plan.
d. Assess how the client uses defense mechanisms.
, b.
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A client checks and rechecks electrical cords related to an
obsessive thought that the house may burn down. The nurse
and client explore the likelihood of an actual fire. The client
states this event is not likely. This counseling demonstrates
what appropriate principle of therapy?
a. flooding. b. desensitization. c. relaxation technique. d.
cognitive restructuring ...... ANSWER ....... a.
flooding. b. desensitization. c. relaxation technique. d.
cognitive restructuring
d.
A client undergoing diagnostic tests says, "Nothing is wrong
with me except a stubborn chest cold." The spouse reports
the client smokes, coughs daily, lost 15 pounds, and is easily
fatigued. Which defense mechanism is the client using? a.
Displacement b. Regression c. Projection d. Denial ......
ANSWER ....... a. Displacement b. Regression c.
Projection d. Denial
d.
, A client with an abdominal mass is scheduled for a biopsy.
The client has difficulty understanding the nurse's comments
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and asks, "What do you mean? What are they going to do?"
Assessment findings include tremulous voice, respirations 28,
and pulse 110. What is the client's level of anxiety?
a. Mild b. Moderate c. Severe d. Panic ...... ANSWER
....... b.
Moderate anxiety causes the individual to grasp less
information and reduces problem solving ability to a less-
than-optimal level.
Mild anxiety heightens attention and enhances problem
solving.
Severe anxiety causes great reduction in the perceptual field.
Panic-level anxiety results in disorganized behavior.
A person has minor physical injuries after an auto accident.
The person is unable to focus and says, "I feel like something
awful is going to happen." This person has nausea, dizziness,
tachycardia, and hyperventilation. What is the person's level
of anxiety? a. Mild b. Moderate c. Severe d. Panic ......
ANSWER ....... c.
Two staff nurses applied for a charge nurse position. After
the promotion was announced, the nurse who was not
EXAM WITH COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
DETAILED CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS
Page | 1
(EXPERTLY VERIFIED) GUARANTEED
PASS|ALREADY TOP RATED A+.
NUR 256
Succeed in your NUR 256 Mental Health Exam 2025/2026 with this
comprehensive review guide in confidence. Questions featured tests
key concepts on psychiatric disorders, therapeutic communication, and
mental health nursing interventions. Ideal for nursing students aiming
to strengthen their understanding and boost exam performance.
A nurse wants to teach alternative coping strategies to a
client experiencing severe anxiety. Which action should the
nurse perform first?
a. Verify the client's learning style.
b. Lower the client's current anxiety.
c. Create outcomes and a teaching plan.
d. Assess how the client uses defense mechanisms. ......
ANSWER ....... a. Verify the client's learning style.
b. Lower the client's current anxiety.
c. Create outcomes and a teaching plan.
d. Assess how the client uses defense mechanisms.
, b.
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A client checks and rechecks electrical cords related to an
obsessive thought that the house may burn down. The nurse
and client explore the likelihood of an actual fire. The client
states this event is not likely. This counseling demonstrates
what appropriate principle of therapy?
a. flooding. b. desensitization. c. relaxation technique. d.
cognitive restructuring ...... ANSWER ....... a.
flooding. b. desensitization. c. relaxation technique. d.
cognitive restructuring
d.
A client undergoing diagnostic tests says, "Nothing is wrong
with me except a stubborn chest cold." The spouse reports
the client smokes, coughs daily, lost 15 pounds, and is easily
fatigued. Which defense mechanism is the client using? a.
Displacement b. Regression c. Projection d. Denial ......
ANSWER ....... a. Displacement b. Regression c.
Projection d. Denial
d.
, A client with an abdominal mass is scheduled for a biopsy.
The client has difficulty understanding the nurse's comments
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and asks, "What do you mean? What are they going to do?"
Assessment findings include tremulous voice, respirations 28,
and pulse 110. What is the client's level of anxiety?
a. Mild b. Moderate c. Severe d. Panic ...... ANSWER
....... b.
Moderate anxiety causes the individual to grasp less
information and reduces problem solving ability to a less-
than-optimal level.
Mild anxiety heightens attention and enhances problem
solving.
Severe anxiety causes great reduction in the perceptual field.
Panic-level anxiety results in disorganized behavior.
A person has minor physical injuries after an auto accident.
The person is unable to focus and says, "I feel like something
awful is going to happen." This person has nausea, dizziness,
tachycardia, and hyperventilation. What is the person's level
of anxiety? a. Mild b. Moderate c. Severe d. Panic ......
ANSWER ....... c.
Two staff nurses applied for a charge nurse position. After
the promotion was announced, the nurse who was not
