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PSYCHIATRIC NURSING EXAM VERSION 1,2,3 AND 4 LATEST 2026-
2027 ACTUAL EXAM WITH COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS (100% VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY
GRADED A+| ||PROFESSOR VERIFIED|| ||BRANDNEW!!!||
The nurse cares for a victim of a violent sexual assault. What is
the most therapeutic intervention?
a. Use accepting, nurturing, and empathetic communication
techniques.
b. Educate the victim about strategies to avoid attacks in the
future.
c. Discourage the expression of feelings until the victim stabilizes.
d. Maintain a matter-of-fact manner and objectivity. - ANSWER-a
What is the primary motivator for most rapists?
a. Anxiety
b. Need for humiliation
c. Overwhelming sexual desires
d. Desire to humiliate or control others - ANSWER-d
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A nurse working a rape telephone hotline should focus
communication with callers to:
a. arrange long-term counseling.
b. serve as a sympathetic listener.
c. obtain information to relay to the local police.
d. explain immediate steps that a victim of rape should take. -
ANSWER-d
A rape victim tells the emergency department nurse, I feel so dirty.
Please let me take a shower before the doctor examines me. The
nurse should:
a. arrange for the patient to shower.
b. explain that washing would destroy evidence.
c. give the patient a basin of hot water and towels.
d. instruct the victim to wash above the waist only. - ANSWER-b
Which situation constitutes consensual sex rather than rape?
a. After coming home intoxicated from a party, a person forces the
spouse to have sex. The spouse objects.
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b. A persons lover pleads to have oral sex. The person gives in
but then regrets the decision.
c. A person is beaten, robbed, and forcibly subjected to anal
penetration by an assailant.
d. A physician gives anesthesia for a procedure and has
intercourse with an unconscious patient. - ANSWER-b
When a victim of sexual assault is discharged from the
emergency department, the nurse should:
a. arrange support from the victims family.
b. provide referral information verbally and in writing.
c. advise the victim to try not to think about the assault.
d. offer to stay with the victim until stability is regained. -
ANSWER-b
A victim of a sexual assault that occurred approximately 1 hour
earlier sits in the emergency department rocking back and forth
and repeatedly saying, I cant believe Ive been raped. This
behavior is characteristic of which phase of the rape trauma
syndrome?
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a. Anger phase
b. Acute phase
c. Outward adjustment phase
d. Long-term reorganization phase - ANSWER-b
A survivor in the long-term reorganization phase of the rape
trauma syndrome has experienced intrusive thoughts of the rape
and developed a fear of being alone. Which finding demonstrates
this survivor has made improvement? The survivor:
a. temporarily withdraws from social situations.
b. plans coping strategies for fearful situations.
c. uses increased activity to reduce fear.
d. expresses a desire to be with others. - ANSWER-b
A patient comes to the hospital for treatment of injuries sustained
during a rape. The patient abruptly decides to decline treatment
and return home. Before the patient leaves, the nurse should:
a. tell the patient, You may not leave until you receive prophylactic
treatment for sexually transmitted diseases.
PSYCHIATRIC NURSING EXAM VERSION 1,2,3 AND 4 LATEST 2026-
2027 ACTUAL EXAM WITH COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS (100% VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY
GRADED A+| ||PROFESSOR VERIFIED|| ||BRANDNEW!!!||
The nurse cares for a victim of a violent sexual assault. What is
the most therapeutic intervention?
a. Use accepting, nurturing, and empathetic communication
techniques.
b. Educate the victim about strategies to avoid attacks in the
future.
c. Discourage the expression of feelings until the victim stabilizes.
d. Maintain a matter-of-fact manner and objectivity. - ANSWER-a
What is the primary motivator for most rapists?
a. Anxiety
b. Need for humiliation
c. Overwhelming sexual desires
d. Desire to humiliate or control others - ANSWER-d
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A nurse working a rape telephone hotline should focus
communication with callers to:
a. arrange long-term counseling.
b. serve as a sympathetic listener.
c. obtain information to relay to the local police.
d. explain immediate steps that a victim of rape should take. -
ANSWER-d
A rape victim tells the emergency department nurse, I feel so dirty.
Please let me take a shower before the doctor examines me. The
nurse should:
a. arrange for the patient to shower.
b. explain that washing would destroy evidence.
c. give the patient a basin of hot water and towels.
d. instruct the victim to wash above the waist only. - ANSWER-b
Which situation constitutes consensual sex rather than rape?
a. After coming home intoxicated from a party, a person forces the
spouse to have sex. The spouse objects.
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b. A persons lover pleads to have oral sex. The person gives in
but then regrets the decision.
c. A person is beaten, robbed, and forcibly subjected to anal
penetration by an assailant.
d. A physician gives anesthesia for a procedure and has
intercourse with an unconscious patient. - ANSWER-b
When a victim of sexual assault is discharged from the
emergency department, the nurse should:
a. arrange support from the victims family.
b. provide referral information verbally and in writing.
c. advise the victim to try not to think about the assault.
d. offer to stay with the victim until stability is regained. -
ANSWER-b
A victim of a sexual assault that occurred approximately 1 hour
earlier sits in the emergency department rocking back and forth
and repeatedly saying, I cant believe Ive been raped. This
behavior is characteristic of which phase of the rape trauma
syndrome?
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a. Anger phase
b. Acute phase
c. Outward adjustment phase
d. Long-term reorganization phase - ANSWER-b
A survivor in the long-term reorganization phase of the rape
trauma syndrome has experienced intrusive thoughts of the rape
and developed a fear of being alone. Which finding demonstrates
this survivor has made improvement? The survivor:
a. temporarily withdraws from social situations.
b. plans coping strategies for fearful situations.
c. uses increased activity to reduce fear.
d. expresses a desire to be with others. - ANSWER-b
A patient comes to the hospital for treatment of injuries sustained
during a rape. The patient abruptly decides to decline treatment
and return home. Before the patient leaves, the nurse should:
a. tell the patient, You may not leave until you receive prophylactic
treatment for sexually transmitted diseases.
