NURS 3524 - Mental Health Exam Questions with Verified Answers Graded A+
What diagnostic criteria differentiates delirium from dementia?
a. Language disturbance
b. Memory impairment
c. Disturbance of consciousness
d. Apraxia - Answers c. Disturbance of consciousness
What medication instruction should the nurse include in the discharge teaching plan of an
adolescent patient who was recently placed on an antidepressant? There may be:
a. A decrease in the patient's neurodevelopment.
b. An increase in suicidal thoughts and behaviors.
c. A need for a longer treatment period to evaluate effectiveness.
d. A delayed response. - Answers b. An increase in suicidal thoughts and behaviors.
A student nurse exhibits which appropriate action that demonstrates a therapeutic relationship
while interacting with their patient?
a. Sitting attentively in silence with a withdrawn patient until the patient chooses to speak.
b. Controlling the pace of the relationship by selecting topics for each interaction
c. Offering the patient advice on how he or she could cope more effectively with stress
d. Limiting the discussion of relationship termination so as not to sadden the patient. - Answers
The patient's daughter tells the nurse the patient did not recognize her at the visit. The patient is
experiencing:
a. Apraxia
, b. Aphasia
c. Agnosia
d. Akathisia - Answers c. Agnosia
A patient at the community mental health center tends to stop taking her Valproic Acid at
intervals, usually leading to her health decompensating. Which intervention would most likely
improve her adherence to using the medication?
a. Discourage patient from focusing on adverse effects and other excuses for stopping her pills.
b. Advise the patient that if she stops her medications, her doctor will hospitalize her.
c. Arrange for the patient to receive daily home care visits so the use of medications is
monitored.
d. Help the patient understand her illness and allow her to share in decisions about her care. -
Answers d. Help the patient understand her illness and allow her to share in decisions about her
care.
A 15-year-old is in the process of being discharged from the hospital after a suicide attempt.
Which is the least effective strategy for discharge planning?
a. Organize a family meeting to discuss family supports needed for the patient to recover
b. Encourage the patient to continually report their mood and feelings to family members.
c. Provide the patient and their family referrals to community-based resources for follow up.
d. Help the patient understand her illness and allow her to share in decisions about her care. -
Answers d. Help the patient understand her illness and allow her to share in decisions about her
care.
What diagnostic criteria differentiates delirium from dementia?
a. Language disturbance
b. Memory impairment
c. Disturbance of consciousness
d. Apraxia - Answers c. Disturbance of consciousness
What medication instruction should the nurse include in the discharge teaching plan of an
adolescent patient who was recently placed on an antidepressant? There may be:
a. A decrease in the patient's neurodevelopment.
b. An increase in suicidal thoughts and behaviors.
c. A need for a longer treatment period to evaluate effectiveness.
d. A delayed response. - Answers b. An increase in suicidal thoughts and behaviors.
A student nurse exhibits which appropriate action that demonstrates a therapeutic relationship
while interacting with their patient?
a. Sitting attentively in silence with a withdrawn patient until the patient chooses to speak.
b. Controlling the pace of the relationship by selecting topics for each interaction
c. Offering the patient advice on how he or she could cope more effectively with stress
d. Limiting the discussion of relationship termination so as not to sadden the patient. - Answers
The patient's daughter tells the nurse the patient did not recognize her at the visit. The patient is
experiencing:
a. Apraxia
, b. Aphasia
c. Agnosia
d. Akathisia - Answers c. Agnosia
A patient at the community mental health center tends to stop taking her Valproic Acid at
intervals, usually leading to her health decompensating. Which intervention would most likely
improve her adherence to using the medication?
a. Discourage patient from focusing on adverse effects and other excuses for stopping her pills.
b. Advise the patient that if she stops her medications, her doctor will hospitalize her.
c. Arrange for the patient to receive daily home care visits so the use of medications is
monitored.
d. Help the patient understand her illness and allow her to share in decisions about her care. -
Answers d. Help the patient understand her illness and allow her to share in decisions about her
care.
A 15-year-old is in the process of being discharged from the hospital after a suicide attempt.
Which is the least effective strategy for discharge planning?
a. Organize a family meeting to discuss family supports needed for the patient to recover
b. Encourage the patient to continually report their mood and feelings to family members.
c. Provide the patient and their family referrals to community-based resources for follow up.
d. Help the patient understand her illness and allow her to share in decisions about her care. -
Answers d. Help the patient understand her illness and allow her to share in decisions about her
care.
