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NU350 EXAM 1 AND STUDY GUIDE NEWEST 2025
TEST BANK| COMPLETE 450 REAL EXAM QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED
ANSWERS) ALREADY GRADED A+ (MOST RECENT!!)
What is the first-line drug used to treat mania?
A. Carbamazepine
B. Clonazepam
C. Lithium carbonate
D. Lamotrigine – Correct Answer - Lithium carbonate
The nurse can expect a client demonstrating typical manic behavior to be
attired in clothing that includes with characteristics?
A. Ill-fitted and ragged
B. Dark colored and modest
C. Colorful and inappropriate
D. Compulsively neat and clean – Correct Answer - Colorful and
inappropriate
When a client reports that lithium causes an upset stomach, the nurse
should make which suggestion associated with taking the medication?
A. 2 hours after meals
B. With an antacid
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C. 30 minutes before meals
D. With meals – Correct Answer - With meals
What is the priority nursing diagnosis for a hyperactive manic client
during the acute phase of treatment?
A. Impaired verbal communication
B. Risk for injury/suicide
C. Ineffective role performance
D. Risk for other-directed violence – Correct Answer - Risk for
injury/suicide
Which side effects of lithium can be expected at therapeutic levels?
A. Coarse hand tremor and gastrointestinal upset
B. Nausea and thirst
C. Ataxia and hypotension
D. Fine hand tremor and polyuria – Correct Answer - Fine hand tremor
and polyuria
What action should the nurse take on learning that a manic client's serum
lithium level is 1.8 mEq/L?
A. Advise the client to curtail salt intake for 24 hours.
B. Continue to administer medication as ordered.
C. Advise the client to limit fluids for 12 hours.
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D. Withhold medication and notify the physician. – Correct Answer -
Withhold medication and notify the physician.
What is the major reason for the hospitalization of a depressed client?
A. Inability to go to work
B. Suicidal ideation
C. Psychomotor agitation
D. Loss of appetite – Correct Answer - Suicidal ideation
Assessment of the thought processes of a client diagnosed with
depression is most likely to reveal what characteristic?
A. Sexual preoccupation
B. Good memory and concentration
C. Delusions of persecution
D. Self-deprecating ideation – Correct Answer - Self-deprecating
ideation
A client prescribed a monoamine oxidase inhibitor (MOA) has a pass to
go out to lunch. Given a choice of the following entrees, what can the
client safely eat?
A. kielbasa and sauerkraut.
B. avocado salad plate.
C. fruit and cottage cheese plate.
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D. liver and onion sandwich. – Correct Answer - fruit and cottage cheese
plate.
Which assessment finding is consistent with right sided HR?
A. Jugular venous distention
B. Presence of S3 and S4 heart sounds
C. Paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea
D. Displacement of the point of maximal impulse – Correct Answer -
Jugular venous distention
Which effect would be expected from a cardiac medication that is a
positive chronotropic agent?
A. Increased HR
B. Increased stroke volume
C. Increased cardiac output
D. Increased myocardial contractility – Correct Answer - Increased HR
Which primary manifestation results from the decreased filling of the
cardiac ventricles associated with diastolic failure?
A. Decreased afterload
B. Decreased left ventricular ejection fraction
C. Decreased left ventricular end-diastolic pressure
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NU350 EXAM 1 AND STUDY GUIDE NEWEST 2025
TEST BANK| COMPLETE 450 REAL EXAM QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED
ANSWERS) ALREADY GRADED A+ (MOST RECENT!!)
What is the first-line drug used to treat mania?
A. Carbamazepine
B. Clonazepam
C. Lithium carbonate
D. Lamotrigine – Correct Answer - Lithium carbonate
The nurse can expect a client demonstrating typical manic behavior to be
attired in clothing that includes with characteristics?
A. Ill-fitted and ragged
B. Dark colored and modest
C. Colorful and inappropriate
D. Compulsively neat and clean – Correct Answer - Colorful and
inappropriate
When a client reports that lithium causes an upset stomach, the nurse
should make which suggestion associated with taking the medication?
A. 2 hours after meals
B. With an antacid
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C. 30 minutes before meals
D. With meals – Correct Answer - With meals
What is the priority nursing diagnosis for a hyperactive manic client
during the acute phase of treatment?
A. Impaired verbal communication
B. Risk for injury/suicide
C. Ineffective role performance
D. Risk for other-directed violence – Correct Answer - Risk for
injury/suicide
Which side effects of lithium can be expected at therapeutic levels?
A. Coarse hand tremor and gastrointestinal upset
B. Nausea and thirst
C. Ataxia and hypotension
D. Fine hand tremor and polyuria – Correct Answer - Fine hand tremor
and polyuria
What action should the nurse take on learning that a manic client's serum
lithium level is 1.8 mEq/L?
A. Advise the client to curtail salt intake for 24 hours.
B. Continue to administer medication as ordered.
C. Advise the client to limit fluids for 12 hours.
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D. Withhold medication and notify the physician. – Correct Answer -
Withhold medication and notify the physician.
What is the major reason for the hospitalization of a depressed client?
A. Inability to go to work
B. Suicidal ideation
C. Psychomotor agitation
D. Loss of appetite – Correct Answer - Suicidal ideation
Assessment of the thought processes of a client diagnosed with
depression is most likely to reveal what characteristic?
A. Sexual preoccupation
B. Good memory and concentration
C. Delusions of persecution
D. Self-deprecating ideation – Correct Answer - Self-deprecating
ideation
A client prescribed a monoamine oxidase inhibitor (MOA) has a pass to
go out to lunch. Given a choice of the following entrees, what can the
client safely eat?
A. kielbasa and sauerkraut.
B. avocado salad plate.
C. fruit and cottage cheese plate.
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D. liver and onion sandwich. – Correct Answer - fruit and cottage cheese
plate.
Which assessment finding is consistent with right sided HR?
A. Jugular venous distention
B. Presence of S3 and S4 heart sounds
C. Paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea
D. Displacement of the point of maximal impulse – Correct Answer -
Jugular venous distention
Which effect would be expected from a cardiac medication that is a
positive chronotropic agent?
A. Increased HR
B. Increased stroke volume
C. Increased cardiac output
D. Increased myocardial contractility – Correct Answer - Increased HR
Which primary manifestation results from the decreased filling of the
cardiac ventricles associated with diastolic failure?
A. Decreased afterload
B. Decreased left ventricular ejection fraction
C. Decreased left ventricular end-diastolic pressure
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