Mental Health Nursing Psychosis questions and
verified answers (detailed & elaborated) ACTUAL
EXAM 2025 TESTS!!
A nurse is caring for several clients with major thought disorders such as schizophrenia. They are all
being treated with neuroleptic drugs. How do these drugs act in the body to promote mental health?
Ans: By blocking access to dopamine receptors at the postsynaptic receptor site
Quiz Which medication is the first choice drug for the treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity
disorder (ADHD)?
Ans: Methylphenidate
Quiz While watching television in the dayroom, a client who has demonstrated withdrawn, regressed
behavior suddenly screams, bursts into tears, and runs from the room to the far end of the hallway.
What is the most therapeutic intervention by the nurse?
Ans: Walking to the end of the hallway where the client is standing
Quiz A client with an obsessive-compulsive disorder continually walks up and down the hall, touching
every other chair. When unable to do this, the client becomes upset. What should the nurse do?
Ans: Allow the behavior to continue for a specified time, letting the client help set the time limits to be
imposed
,Quiz Which statement is true regarding antipsychotic drugs?
Ans: Clozapine is more effective than other second-generation antipsychotics.
Quiz Which is a second-generation antidepressant drug?
Ans: Citalopram
Quiz Which toxic effect would the nurse find in a client who has overdosed on isocarboxazid?
Ans: Circulatory collapse
Quiz Which drug most commonly causes extrapyramidal side effects (EPS)?
Ans: Haloperidol
Quiz After assessing a client, the nurse suspects that the client has shift-work sleep disorder (SWSD).
Which medication would be prescribed to the client?
Ans: Modafinil
Quiz Which condition contraindicates the use of ginseng herbal therapy?
Ans: Preggo
, Quiz Which condition is contraindicated for St. John's wort herbal therapy?
Ans: Dementia
Quiz Which second-generation antidepressant can worsen uncontrolled angle closure glaucoma?
Ans: Duloxetine
Quiz During a one-on-one interaction with a client with paranoid-type schizophrenia, the client says to
the nurse, "I've figured out how foreign agents have infiltrated the news media. They want to shut me
up before I spill the beans." How should the nurse describe this statement when documenting this
client's response?
Ans: Delusions of persecution
Quiz What is the best drug of choice for treating obsessive-compulsive disorder?
Ans: Clomipramine
Quiz A male client with a history of schizophrenia comes to the emergency department, accompanied by
his wife. What is the emergency department nurse's priority intervention?
Ans: Observing and evaluating his behavior
Quiz Which antidepressant drug is a selective monoamine oxidase-B inhibitor?
Ans: Selegiline
verified answers (detailed & elaborated) ACTUAL
EXAM 2025 TESTS!!
A nurse is caring for several clients with major thought disorders such as schizophrenia. They are all
being treated with neuroleptic drugs. How do these drugs act in the body to promote mental health?
Ans: By blocking access to dopamine receptors at the postsynaptic receptor site
Quiz Which medication is the first choice drug for the treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity
disorder (ADHD)?
Ans: Methylphenidate
Quiz While watching television in the dayroom, a client who has demonstrated withdrawn, regressed
behavior suddenly screams, bursts into tears, and runs from the room to the far end of the hallway.
What is the most therapeutic intervention by the nurse?
Ans: Walking to the end of the hallway where the client is standing
Quiz A client with an obsessive-compulsive disorder continually walks up and down the hall, touching
every other chair. When unable to do this, the client becomes upset. What should the nurse do?
Ans: Allow the behavior to continue for a specified time, letting the client help set the time limits to be
imposed
,Quiz Which statement is true regarding antipsychotic drugs?
Ans: Clozapine is more effective than other second-generation antipsychotics.
Quiz Which is a second-generation antidepressant drug?
Ans: Citalopram
Quiz Which toxic effect would the nurse find in a client who has overdosed on isocarboxazid?
Ans: Circulatory collapse
Quiz Which drug most commonly causes extrapyramidal side effects (EPS)?
Ans: Haloperidol
Quiz After assessing a client, the nurse suspects that the client has shift-work sleep disorder (SWSD).
Which medication would be prescribed to the client?
Ans: Modafinil
Quiz Which condition contraindicates the use of ginseng herbal therapy?
Ans: Preggo
, Quiz Which condition is contraindicated for St. John's wort herbal therapy?
Ans: Dementia
Quiz Which second-generation antidepressant can worsen uncontrolled angle closure glaucoma?
Ans: Duloxetine
Quiz During a one-on-one interaction with a client with paranoid-type schizophrenia, the client says to
the nurse, "I've figured out how foreign agents have infiltrated the news media. They want to shut me
up before I spill the beans." How should the nurse describe this statement when documenting this
client's response?
Ans: Delusions of persecution
Quiz What is the best drug of choice for treating obsessive-compulsive disorder?
Ans: Clomipramine
Quiz A male client with a history of schizophrenia comes to the emergency department, accompanied by
his wife. What is the emergency department nurse's priority intervention?
Ans: Observing and evaluating his behavior
Quiz Which antidepressant drug is a selective monoamine oxidase-B inhibitor?
Ans: Selegiline
