NR 326 EXAM 1 MENTAL HEALTH LATEST EXAM 2023-2024 REAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
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- The nurse recognizes which principle underlies effective patient teaching?
- Moderate to severe anxiety increases patient learning.
- Mild anxiety enhances patient learning.
- Panic-level anxiety improves nurses’ teaching.
- Severe anxiety intensifies concentration and enhances attention.
- A male high school student is attracted to a female teacher. The school nurse overhears the student say, “I know she wants me.”
The nurse recognizes the student is using which defense mechanism?
- Displacement
- Projection
- Rationalization
- Sublimation
Chapter 3. Concepts of Psychobiology
Which client statement indicates the nurse’s teaching about the effect of circadian rhythms is effective?
- “When I dream about my mother’s horrible train accident, I become hysterical.”
- “I get really irritable during my menstrual cycle.”
- “I’m a morning person, so I get my best work done in the a.m.”
- “Every February, I tend to experience periods of sadness.”
A client experiencing sleep apnea underwent a sleep study. During stage 3 of sleep, a delta rhythm was recorded. The nurse recognizes that a delta rhythm is characterized by which sleep activity?
- Dozing
- Deep and restful sleep
- Relaxed waking
- Dreaming
Chapter 5 Legal and Ethical Issues
Group therapy is strongly encouraged, but not mandatory, on an inpatient psychiatric unit. The unit manager’s policy is that clients can make a choice about whether to attend group therapy. Which ethical principle does the unit manager’s policy preserve?
- Justice
- Autonomy
- Veracity
- Beneficence
Which client should a nurse identify as a potential candidate for involuntarily commitment?
- A client living under a bridge in a cardboard box
- A client verbalizing intent to commit suicide
- A homeless client refusing to bathe
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- A client who eats waste out of a garbage can
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