A client has a prescription for haloperidol 5 mg orally two times a day, as ordered by the physician. The client is suspicious and refuses to take the medication. The nurse says, "If you don't take th
NU 400-Mental Health Psychiatric Proctored Exam (Exam 2 Week 6)- St Joseph’s College Of Maine
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NU 400-Mental Health Psychiatric Proctored Exam (Exam 2 Week 6)- St Joseph’s College Of Maine is a nursing-school practice exam with 50 questions. It is written for nursing students preparing for this course exam and for NCLEX-style review. Every question has its own page showing the full stem, all answer options, the correct answer, and a written rationale explaining why each option is right or wrong.
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Which elements are essential in a clinician's duty to warn? Select all that apply.
Which of the following give cues to the nurse that a client may be grieving for a loss?
Critical factors for successful integration of loss during the grieving process are:
Factors that can influence your assessment of a client include all of the following, except:
A client’s ability to understand can be impacted by:
The nurse is attempting to obtain information from a client at admission. She is struggling to obtain the information and is not sure why. Which of the following could be the reason why she is not get
Which of the following is an example of an open-ended question?
Items included in the history section of the assessment include all of the following, except:
A nurse documents that a patient has a blunted affect. The student nurse knows that blunted affect means:
A client was noted to have tangential thinking. An example of this would be:
The family brings a client to the emergency room because the client is depressed, and they are concerned he might be suicidal. What is the best approach for the nurse to take in his assessment?
You are assessing your client, and you determine that his ideas are not logical and do not make sense. What are you assessing?
An important stage in psychosocial development for young adults is:
All of the following contribute to a healthy sense of belonging, except:
The nurse is conducting an admission assessment on a new client. What are the cultural factors the nurse should consider during assessment? Select all that apply.
Which of the following is true regarding standards of care for nurses?
The term nonmaleficence means:
Steps to avoid liability would include all of the following, except:
Your client has recently been started on hospice for terminal cancer. Your client's wife has started saying things such as she doesn’t know what she is going to do when your client is gone, and she ca
Examples of physiological losses that can cause grieving include all of the following, except:
Your client recently lost his wife to a heart attack. He is short-tempered and yells in response to anything you try to do for him. You suspect he is in which phase of grieving?
An example of disenfranchised grief is:
Your client reports that she is experiencing depression and panic attacks since her husband passed away almost a year ago. She says she looks at her wedding pictures every day. You suspect that your c
You are conducting an assessment of your client’s coping skills after the death of his wife. Which of the following would be considered to be a maladaptive coping behavior?