RN MENTAL HEALTH NURS 2488 MH
FINAL EXAM Questions with 100% Correct
Answers GUARANTEED SUCCESS NEW
UPDATE 2025 GRADED A+
1. Which statement demonstrates a well-structured attempt at limit setting?
a. “Hitting me when you are angry is unacceptable.”
b. “I expect you to behave yourself during dinner.”
c. “Come here, right now!”
d. “Good boys don’t bite.”
2. Which activity is most appropriate for a child with ADHD?
a. Reading an adventure novel
b. Monopoly
c. Checkers
d. Tennis
3. Cognitive-behavioral therapy is going well when a 12-year- old patient in
,therapy reports to the nurse practitioner:
a. “I was so mad I wanted to hit my mother.”
b. “I thought that everyone at school hated me. That’s not true. Most people like
me and I have a friend named Todd.”
c. “I forgot that you told me to breathe when I become angry.”
d. “I scream as loud as I can when the train goes by the house.”
4. What assessment question should the nurse ask when attempting to
determine a teenager’s mental health resilience? Select all that apply.
a. “How did you cope when your father deployed with the Army for a year in Iraq?”
b. “Who did you go to for advice while your father was away for a year in Iraq?”
c. “How do you feel about talking to a mental health counselor?”
d. “Where do you see yourself in 10 years?”
e. “Do you like the school you go to?”
,5. Which factors tend to increase the difficulty of diagnosing young children
who demonstrate behaviors associated with mental illness? Select all that apply.
a. Limited language skills
b. Level of cognitive development
c. Level of emotional development
d. Parental denial that a problem exists
e. Severity of the typical mental illnesses observed in young children
7. In pediatric mental health there is a lack of sufficient numbers of community-
based resources and providers, and there are long waiting lists for services. This
has resulted in: Select all that apply.
a. Children of color and poor economic conditions being underserved
b. Increased stress in the family unit
c. Markedly increased funding
d. Premature termination of services
8. Child protective services have removed 10-year-old Christopher from his
, parents’ home due to neglect. Christopher reveals to the nurse that he considers the
woman next door his “nice” mom, that he loves school, and gets above average
grades. The strongest explanation of this response is:
a. Temperament
b. Genetic factors
c. Resilience
d. Paradoxical effects of neglect
9. April, a 10-year-old admitted to inpatient pediatric care, has been getting more
and more wound up and is losing self-control in the day room. Time-out does not
appear to be an effective tool for April to engage in self-reflection. April’s mother
admits to putting her in time-out up to 20 times a day. The nurse recognizes that:
a. Time-out is an important part of April’s baseline discipline.
b. Time-out is no longer an effective therapeutic measure.
FINAL EXAM Questions with 100% Correct
Answers GUARANTEED SUCCESS NEW
UPDATE 2025 GRADED A+
1. Which statement demonstrates a well-structured attempt at limit setting?
a. “Hitting me when you are angry is unacceptable.”
b. “I expect you to behave yourself during dinner.”
c. “Come here, right now!”
d. “Good boys don’t bite.”
2. Which activity is most appropriate for a child with ADHD?
a. Reading an adventure novel
b. Monopoly
c. Checkers
d. Tennis
3. Cognitive-behavioral therapy is going well when a 12-year- old patient in
,therapy reports to the nurse practitioner:
a. “I was so mad I wanted to hit my mother.”
b. “I thought that everyone at school hated me. That’s not true. Most people like
me and I have a friend named Todd.”
c. “I forgot that you told me to breathe when I become angry.”
d. “I scream as loud as I can when the train goes by the house.”
4. What assessment question should the nurse ask when attempting to
determine a teenager’s mental health resilience? Select all that apply.
a. “How did you cope when your father deployed with the Army for a year in Iraq?”
b. “Who did you go to for advice while your father was away for a year in Iraq?”
c. “How do you feel about talking to a mental health counselor?”
d. “Where do you see yourself in 10 years?”
e. “Do you like the school you go to?”
,5. Which factors tend to increase the difficulty of diagnosing young children
who demonstrate behaviors associated with mental illness? Select all that apply.
a. Limited language skills
b. Level of cognitive development
c. Level of emotional development
d. Parental denial that a problem exists
e. Severity of the typical mental illnesses observed in young children
7. In pediatric mental health there is a lack of sufficient numbers of community-
based resources and providers, and there are long waiting lists for services. This
has resulted in: Select all that apply.
a. Children of color and poor economic conditions being underserved
b. Increased stress in the family unit
c. Markedly increased funding
d. Premature termination of services
8. Child protective services have removed 10-year-old Christopher from his
, parents’ home due to neglect. Christopher reveals to the nurse that he considers the
woman next door his “nice” mom, that he loves school, and gets above average
grades. The strongest explanation of this response is:
a. Temperament
b. Genetic factors
c. Resilience
d. Paradoxical effects of neglect
9. April, a 10-year-old admitted to inpatient pediatric care, has been getting more
and more wound up and is losing self-control in the day room. Time-out does not
appear to be an effective tool for April to engage in self-reflection. April’s mother
admits to putting her in time-out up to 20 times a day. The nurse recognizes that:
a. Time-out is an important part of April’s baseline discipline.
b. Time-out is no longer an effective therapeutic measure.
