NUR 661 EXAM 2025 VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS GRADED A+ MARYVILLE
If psychiatric nurses used Orems theory for structuring much of their nursing
practice, a major focus area for assessment would be the clients ability to do which
of the following?
1. Adapt and function to meet various role expectations.
2. Care about self and participate in self-healing.
3. Implement self-care to meet psychosocial needs.
4. Enter into a therapeutic one-to-one relationship with the nurse.
Answer: 3
The psychiatric mental health nurse is asked to develop an intervention for the
nursing unit based on Watsons theory of caring. Given this assignment, which
intervention is most appropriate for the nurse to implement?
1. One-to-one debriefing sessions each week with individual unit nurses and the
unit manager
,2. Clarification of values and cultural beliefs that might pose barriers to caring for
clients
3. Identification of additional coping skills for new nurses on the unit
4. Discussion of the impact of recent changes in hospital policy on the nursing staff
Answer: 2
The unit manager is consistently advocating for self-awareness among the
psychiatric mental health nursing staff in order to promote quality care. From
which theoretical base is the unit manager operating?
1. Jean Watsons theory of human caring
2. Dorothea Orems theory of self-care
3. Martha Rogerss principles of homeodynamics
4. Sister Callista Roys adaptation theory
Answer: 1
,Upon the clients arrival on the patient care unit, the nurse begins implementation
of the nursing process. Of which nursing theorist should the nurses practice be
most reflective?
1. Ida Jean Orlando
2. Jean Watson
3. Dorothea Orem
4. Hildegard Peplau
Answer: 4
If the nurse is using the nursing theory that has shaped psychiatric mental health
most directly, which nursing action is priority?
1. Assessing the clients abilities in areas of self-care
2. Teaching effective coping skills
, 3. Establishing a therapeutic nurseclient relationship
4. Encouraging the clients sensitivity and caring for self
Answer: 3
A patient asks, What are neurotransmitters? The doctor said mine are imbalanced.
Select the nurses best response.
A) How do you feel about having imbalanced neurotransmitters?
B)Neurotransmitters protect us from harmful effects of free radicals.
C)Neurotransmitters are substances we consume that influence memory and mood.
D)Neurotransmitters are natural chemicals that pass messages between brain cells.
Answer: D
The parent of an adolescent diagnosed with schizophrenia asks the nurse, My
childs doctor ordered a PET. What kind of test is that? Select the nurses best reply.
A. This test uses a magnetic field and gamma waves to identify problem areas in
the brain. Does your teenager have any metal implants?
ANSWERS GRADED A+ MARYVILLE
If psychiatric nurses used Orems theory for structuring much of their nursing
practice, a major focus area for assessment would be the clients ability to do which
of the following?
1. Adapt and function to meet various role expectations.
2. Care about self and participate in self-healing.
3. Implement self-care to meet psychosocial needs.
4. Enter into a therapeutic one-to-one relationship with the nurse.
Answer: 3
The psychiatric mental health nurse is asked to develop an intervention for the
nursing unit based on Watsons theory of caring. Given this assignment, which
intervention is most appropriate for the nurse to implement?
1. One-to-one debriefing sessions each week with individual unit nurses and the
unit manager
,2. Clarification of values and cultural beliefs that might pose barriers to caring for
clients
3. Identification of additional coping skills for new nurses on the unit
4. Discussion of the impact of recent changes in hospital policy on the nursing staff
Answer: 2
The unit manager is consistently advocating for self-awareness among the
psychiatric mental health nursing staff in order to promote quality care. From
which theoretical base is the unit manager operating?
1. Jean Watsons theory of human caring
2. Dorothea Orems theory of self-care
3. Martha Rogerss principles of homeodynamics
4. Sister Callista Roys adaptation theory
Answer: 1
,Upon the clients arrival on the patient care unit, the nurse begins implementation
of the nursing process. Of which nursing theorist should the nurses practice be
most reflective?
1. Ida Jean Orlando
2. Jean Watson
3. Dorothea Orem
4. Hildegard Peplau
Answer: 4
If the nurse is using the nursing theory that has shaped psychiatric mental health
most directly, which nursing action is priority?
1. Assessing the clients abilities in areas of self-care
2. Teaching effective coping skills
, 3. Establishing a therapeutic nurseclient relationship
4. Encouraging the clients sensitivity and caring for self
Answer: 3
A patient asks, What are neurotransmitters? The doctor said mine are imbalanced.
Select the nurses best response.
A) How do you feel about having imbalanced neurotransmitters?
B)Neurotransmitters protect us from harmful effects of free radicals.
C)Neurotransmitters are substances we consume that influence memory and mood.
D)Neurotransmitters are natural chemicals that pass messages between brain cells.
Answer: D
The parent of an adolescent diagnosed with schizophrenia asks the nurse, My
childs doctor ordered a PET. What kind of test is that? Select the nurses best reply.
A. This test uses a magnetic field and gamma waves to identify problem areas in
the brain. Does your teenager have any metal implants?
