Exam 1: NUR2459 / NUR 2459
(Latest Update 2024 / 2025) Mental and Behavioral Health Nursing | Questions and Verified Answers | 100% Correct | Grade A - Rasmussen
Question:
Which is the best nursing rationale for holding a debriefing session with clients and staff after clients have witnessed a peer being "taken down' after a violent outburst?
Answer:
To process feelings and concerns related the witnessed intervention
Question:
A nurse is meeting with a crisis support group. In efforts to help clients identify with one another, the nurse explains what about the crisis experience?
Answer:
Even happy events can cause a crisis if the stress is overwhelming."
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Question:
A nurse is preparing an educational program for a group of newly licensed nurses about client confidentiality. The nurse should explain that nurses may share a client's protected health information with which of the following groups?
Answer:
Health care team members caring for the client
Question:
The spouse of a client who has delusions asks the nurse. "Are there any circumstances under which the treatment team is justified in violating the client's right to confidentiality?" The nurse's response should include which information?
Answer:
If the client threatens the life of another person
Question:
A nurse is working with a client who used a condescending tone of voice in the conversation. Which response by the nurse is most therapeutic?
Answer:
"Why do you use that condescending tone of voice with me?
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Question:
Which of the following must the nurse consider a priority in the assessment of mental status?
Answer:
Safety
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The nurse is caring for a client who is hallucinating and attempting to cling to their spouse while screaming "please help me." Which stage of anxiety is the client experiencing?
Answer:
Panic
Question:
What is the purpose of a negative reinforcer?
Answer:
Increases the probability that a behavior will recur
Question:
What activity should be included in the first steps of self-awareness?
Answer:
Identifying one's own values, attitudes, strengths, and weakness 3 / 4
Question:
A nurse is preparing an educational session for new nurses regarding clients experiencing crisis. The nurse should include which of the following in the education regarding crisis?
Answer:
Crisis can occur to any individual regardless of having a psychiatric disorder
Question:
Which of the following terms explains an acute event perceived by the individual as distressing and in which coping mechanisms and support systems are inadequate to manage associated anxiety?
Answer:
Experienced crisis
Question:
Which of the following are included in Jahoda's indicators of mental health?(Select all that apply.)
Answer:
Positive self-thought Perception of reality Environmental mastery
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