Mental Health Exam 1 questions well
answered to pass
ANS:
B) Establishing trust and rapport with the client - correct answer ✔✔ Initially, the nurse should
focus on successfully achieving which goal in order to effectively provide care for a client
diagnosed with a mental illness?
A) Offering sound advice concerning the client's primary problem
B) Establishing trust and rapport with the client
C) Setting reasonable limits early in the relationship
D) Promoting friendship within the relationship
ANS:
A) Build mental health centers that would provide mental health care within the local
community. - correct answer ✔✔ The major goal of the Community Mental Health Act of 1963
was what?
A) Build mental health centers that would provide mental health care within the local
community.
B)Attract more health care providers into local psychiatric clinics.
C) Facilitate the integration of biology with the psychosocial components of treatment.
D) Develop centers in which biopsychiatric research could take place within the community.
ANS: B) "You may feel dizzy and be prone to falls after taking this medication." - correct answer
✔✔ An older adult reports anxiety and is prescribed diazepam by a family physician. The
physician asks the office nurse to explain to the client the problematic side effects of this
medication. Which instruction about this drug would be most important for the nurse to
emphasize?
A) "You may find that you have temporary memory disturbances."
, B) "You may feel dizzy and be prone to falls after taking this medication."
C) "You may experience minor urine incontinence from time to time."
D) "You need to use this medication cautiously because it can cause dependence."
ANS: D) "You may experience noticeable weight gain while taking this medication." - correct
answer ✔✔ A client has been prescribed clozapine for treatment of schizophrenia. Which would
the nurse include in the education plan for this client and family?
A) "You may experience hypertension while taking this medication."
B) "One of the side effects of this medication is breast engorgement."
C) "People taking this medication often experience dermatitis."
D) "You may experience noticeable weight gain while taking this medication."
ANS: A) Document the client's symptoms of tardive dyskinesia. - correct answer ✔✔ A nurse
observes an older adult client who has been taking antipsychotic medications for 8 months. The
nurse sees the client's lips smacking and eyes blinking rapidly. The nurse also observes a
protruding tongue. Which action by the nurse would be most appropriate?
A) Document the client's symptoms of tardive dyskinesia.
B) Instruct the client to begin tapering the medication.
C) Ask whether the client has been experiencing side effects.
D) Contact the client's physician for a different medication order.
ANS: limbic system - correct answer ✔✔ The nurse is working with a client that has not been
diagnosed yet. The client is aggressive, unable to control anger, and violent at times. The client
was brought to the emergency deparment by local police. The nurse selects what system as the
etiology for the clients' behavior? Classify the symptoms according to origin in the body.
A) circulatory system
B) limbic system
C) peripheral nervous system
D) endocrine system
answered to pass
ANS:
B) Establishing trust and rapport with the client - correct answer ✔✔ Initially, the nurse should
focus on successfully achieving which goal in order to effectively provide care for a client
diagnosed with a mental illness?
A) Offering sound advice concerning the client's primary problem
B) Establishing trust and rapport with the client
C) Setting reasonable limits early in the relationship
D) Promoting friendship within the relationship
ANS:
A) Build mental health centers that would provide mental health care within the local
community. - correct answer ✔✔ The major goal of the Community Mental Health Act of 1963
was what?
A) Build mental health centers that would provide mental health care within the local
community.
B)Attract more health care providers into local psychiatric clinics.
C) Facilitate the integration of biology with the psychosocial components of treatment.
D) Develop centers in which biopsychiatric research could take place within the community.
ANS: B) "You may feel dizzy and be prone to falls after taking this medication." - correct answer
✔✔ An older adult reports anxiety and is prescribed diazepam by a family physician. The
physician asks the office nurse to explain to the client the problematic side effects of this
medication. Which instruction about this drug would be most important for the nurse to
emphasize?
A) "You may find that you have temporary memory disturbances."
, B) "You may feel dizzy and be prone to falls after taking this medication."
C) "You may experience minor urine incontinence from time to time."
D) "You need to use this medication cautiously because it can cause dependence."
ANS: D) "You may experience noticeable weight gain while taking this medication." - correct
answer ✔✔ A client has been prescribed clozapine for treatment of schizophrenia. Which would
the nurse include in the education plan for this client and family?
A) "You may experience hypertension while taking this medication."
B) "One of the side effects of this medication is breast engorgement."
C) "People taking this medication often experience dermatitis."
D) "You may experience noticeable weight gain while taking this medication."
ANS: A) Document the client's symptoms of tardive dyskinesia. - correct answer ✔✔ A nurse
observes an older adult client who has been taking antipsychotic medications for 8 months. The
nurse sees the client's lips smacking and eyes blinking rapidly. The nurse also observes a
protruding tongue. Which action by the nurse would be most appropriate?
A) Document the client's symptoms of tardive dyskinesia.
B) Instruct the client to begin tapering the medication.
C) Ask whether the client has been experiencing side effects.
D) Contact the client's physician for a different medication order.
ANS: limbic system - correct answer ✔✔ The nurse is working with a client that has not been
diagnosed yet. The client is aggressive, unable to control anger, and violent at times. The client
was brought to the emergency deparment by local police. The nurse selects what system as the
etiology for the clients' behavior? Classify the symptoms according to origin in the body.
A) circulatory system
B) limbic system
C) peripheral nervous system
D) endocrine system
