RASMUSSEN MENTAL HEALTH
EXAM 1 (2026) Comprehensive
Questions and Verified Answers
(Detailed & elaborated) ACTUAL
EXAM 2026 TEST!!
A fully developed outcome for a client goal would include: - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔time sensitive
measurable term
attainable for client
,The nurse understands a client could be at risk for serotonin syndrome
when taking which of the following medications in addition to over the
counter medications or herbal supplements? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔sertraline
(SSRI)
A 4-year old child grabs toys from siblings, saying, "I want that toy now!"
The siblings cry and the child's parent becomes upset with the behavior.
Using Freudian theory, a nurse can interpret the child's behavior as a
product of impulses originating in the: - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Id
Which expected client outcome should a nurse identify as being correctly
formulated? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Client will initiate interaction with one peer
during free time within 2 days.
A voluntarily hospitalized patient tells the nurse, "Get me the forms for
discharge against medical advice so I can leave now." Which is the nurse's
best response? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔"I will get them for you, but let's talk about
your decision to leave treatment."
The client is being admitted to the inpatient psychiatric unit. The nurse
conducts a mental status examination. Which of the following items are
included in the examination? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Appearance
, Mood and Affect
Thought
Cognition
A client with schizophrenia has recently begun a new medication, clozapine
(Clozaril). Which signs and symptoms of a potentially fatal side effect with
the nurse teach the client about? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Sore throat, fever, and
malaise
Which information suggests that caution is necessary in prescribing a
benzodiazepine to an anxious client? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The client has a
history of alcohol dependence.
A brother calls to speak to his sister who has been admitted to the
psychiatric unit. The nurse connects him to the community phone and the
sister is summoned. Later the nurse realizes that the brother was not on
the client's approved call list. What law has the nurse broken? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
The client attempted suicide by overdosing on pain medication. Once the
client ingested the medication, she decided that she did not want to die and
she sought immediate treatment. Once the client recovered from the
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EXAM 1 (2026) Comprehensive
Questions and Verified Answers
(Detailed & elaborated) ACTUAL
EXAM 2026 TEST!!
A fully developed outcome for a client goal would include: - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔time sensitive
measurable term
attainable for client
,The nurse understands a client could be at risk for serotonin syndrome
when taking which of the following medications in addition to over the
counter medications or herbal supplements? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔sertraline
(SSRI)
A 4-year old child grabs toys from siblings, saying, "I want that toy now!"
The siblings cry and the child's parent becomes upset with the behavior.
Using Freudian theory, a nurse can interpret the child's behavior as a
product of impulses originating in the: - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Id
Which expected client outcome should a nurse identify as being correctly
formulated? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Client will initiate interaction with one peer
during free time within 2 days.
A voluntarily hospitalized patient tells the nurse, "Get me the forms for
discharge against medical advice so I can leave now." Which is the nurse's
best response? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔"I will get them for you, but let's talk about
your decision to leave treatment."
The client is being admitted to the inpatient psychiatric unit. The nurse
conducts a mental status examination. Which of the following items are
included in the examination? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Appearance
, Mood and Affect
Thought
Cognition
A client with schizophrenia has recently begun a new medication, clozapine
(Clozaril). Which signs and symptoms of a potentially fatal side effect with
the nurse teach the client about? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Sore throat, fever, and
malaise
Which information suggests that caution is necessary in prescribing a
benzodiazepine to an anxious client? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The client has a
history of alcohol dependence.
A brother calls to speak to his sister who has been admitted to the
psychiatric unit. The nurse connects him to the community phone and the
sister is summoned. Later the nurse realizes that the brother was not on
the client's approved call list. What law has the nurse broken? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
The client attempted suicide by overdosing on pain medication. Once the
client ingested the medication, she decided that she did not want to die and
she sought immediate treatment. Once the client recovered from the
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PRIVACY STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
