NU 345 EXAM 2 QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS | LATEST
UPDATED 2025/2026 | GRADED A+.
,1. The nurse remarks to a depressed client, "I see you a) Wait quietly for
are trying not to cry. Tell me what is happening." There the client to reply.
is a long period of silence. What is the best initial
action?
a) Wait quietly for the client to reply.
b) Prompt the client to speak
c) Repeat the question
d) Ask another question.
2.The nurse is caring for a client who will be starting d) Five days per wee
for 4 Trans Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) for treatment of de- to 6 weeks.
pression. The client asks the nurse about the frequency
and number of treatments required. What is the nurse's
best response?
a) Two to three treatments per week up to 6 to 8 total treatments.
b) Once per month for at least one year.
c) Weekly until the symptoms of depression subside. b) Confront the
d) Five days per week for 4 to 6 weeks. client about
4. The nurse is caring for a client diagnosed with his negative
Major Depression who despite a lack of evidence, view of oth-
always assumes other clients and staff don't like him. ers.
What intervention will be most effective with this c) Help client
client? question
underlying
a) Educate the client that his reactions the distortions beliefs and
of reality that can occur with depression. consider
, alternate explanations.
d) Explain to the client that he is using an ineffective
coping mechanism.
c) Help client question underlying beliefs and consider
alternate explanations.
5. A client prescribed a monamine oxidase inhibitor c) kielbasa and
(MOA) has a pass to go out to lunch. What food choice sauerkraut.
will indicate that the client is knowledgeable about the d) liver and onio
required diet? sandwich
b) fruit and cottage
a) avocado salad plate. cheese plate.
b) fruit and cottage cheese plate.
6. The female client tells the nurse, "This antidepressant Electroconvulsi
medication is not working. I have been taking it for e Therapy
days and I don't feel any better." What information will (ECT). The clie
serve as a basis for the nurse's response? is asking the
a) Improvement in mood may take 1 to 2 weeks or longer. nurse how man
a) Improvement in mood may take 1 to 2 weeks or ECT treatments
longer. will be needed.
b) The medications tend to be more effective for men. What is the
c) More than one antidepressant is often needed for nurse's best
treatment. response?
d) Clients often need ECT and medication.
7. The nurse is caring for a client who has acute a) Usually one
symptoms of depression. The client has been treated treatment
with several antidepressants without any effect on the bilaterally wil
symptoms. The client agrees to a trial of
CORRECT ANSWERS | LATEST
UPDATED 2025/2026 | GRADED A+.
,1. The nurse remarks to a depressed client, "I see you a) Wait quietly for
are trying not to cry. Tell me what is happening." There the client to reply.
is a long period of silence. What is the best initial
action?
a) Wait quietly for the client to reply.
b) Prompt the client to speak
c) Repeat the question
d) Ask another question.
2.The nurse is caring for a client who will be starting d) Five days per wee
for 4 Trans Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) for treatment of de- to 6 weeks.
pression. The client asks the nurse about the frequency
and number of treatments required. What is the nurse's
best response?
a) Two to three treatments per week up to 6 to 8 total treatments.
b) Once per month for at least one year.
c) Weekly until the symptoms of depression subside. b) Confront the
d) Five days per week for 4 to 6 weeks. client about
4. The nurse is caring for a client diagnosed with his negative
Major Depression who despite a lack of evidence, view of oth-
always assumes other clients and staff don't like him. ers.
What intervention will be most effective with this c) Help client
client? question
underlying
a) Educate the client that his reactions the distortions beliefs and
of reality that can occur with depression. consider
, alternate explanations.
d) Explain to the client that he is using an ineffective
coping mechanism.
c) Help client question underlying beliefs and consider
alternate explanations.
5. A client prescribed a monamine oxidase inhibitor c) kielbasa and
(MOA) has a pass to go out to lunch. What food choice sauerkraut.
will indicate that the client is knowledgeable about the d) liver and onio
required diet? sandwich
b) fruit and cottage
a) avocado salad plate. cheese plate.
b) fruit and cottage cheese plate.
6. The female client tells the nurse, "This antidepressant Electroconvulsi
medication is not working. I have been taking it for e Therapy
days and I don't feel any better." What information will (ECT). The clie
serve as a basis for the nurse's response? is asking the
a) Improvement in mood may take 1 to 2 weeks or longer. nurse how man
a) Improvement in mood may take 1 to 2 weeks or ECT treatments
longer. will be needed.
b) The medications tend to be more effective for men. What is the
c) More than one antidepressant is often needed for nurse's best
treatment. response?
d) Clients often need ECT and medication.
7. The nurse is caring for a client who has acute a) Usually one
symptoms of depression. The client has been treated treatment
with several antidepressants without any effect on the bilaterally wil
symptoms. The client agrees to a trial of
