Final Exam: NUR2459 NUR 2459

Final Exam: NUR2459 / NUR 2459

(Latest Update 2024 / 2025) Mental and Behavioral Health Nursing | Questions and Verified Answers | 100% Correct | Grade A - Rasmussen

Question:

Consider this comment to three different nurses by a client diagnosed with an antisocial personality disorder. "Another nurse said you don't do your job right." Collectively, what can these interactions be assessed as?

• Guilt-producing
• Detached
• Manipulative
• Seductive

Answer:

• Manipulative

Question:

A client admits to having been battered by her live-in boyfriend several times over the past 2 years. She states to the nurse, " I was late coming home from work, and I forgot to call him. When I got home, he punched me in the 1 / 4

stomach. He said he was just trying to teach me a lesson." Which phase of the "Cycle of Battering" would the nurse educate the client on?

• Phase 1. The Tension Building Phase
• Phase IV. The Triggering Event
• Phase II. The Acute Battering Incident
• Phase III. Loving, Respite (Honeymoon) Phase

Answer:

• Phase II. The Acute Battering Incident

Question:

Which statement made by a client raises the greatest concern that the client may be experiencing relationship violence?

• "I don't know what else I can do to keep him from getting angry at me."
• " He was so much nicer when we started dating."
• "He doesn't like it when I go out with my girlfriends."
• "His father physically abused his mother for years."

Answer:

• "I don't know what else I can do to keep him from getting angry at me."

Question:

Which technique is a type of cognitive behavior therapy implemented for bulimic client's?

• Self-monitoring 2 / 4

• Guided imagery
• Distraction
• Music therapy

Answer:

• Self-monitoring

Question:

A nursing student is learning about narcissistic personality disorder. Which of the following statements by the student indicates that learning has occurred?

• "Client's perceive their behaviors as uncomfortable and disorganized."
• "Personality disorders cannot be cured or controlled successfully with

medications."

• "Client's diagnosed with personality disorders need frequent

hospitalizations."

• "Practitioners have a good understanding about the etiology of personality

disorders."

Answer:

• "Personality disorders cannot be cured or controlled successfully with

medications."

Question:

the nurse is planning goals for a male client with the diagnosis of personality disorder. What is the main goal of the clients therapy? 3 / 4

• To learn to control his environment
• To become aware of how his behavior affects his life
• To adjust his medications

Answer:

• To become aware of how his behavior affects his life

Question:

The effectiveness of monoamine oxidase inhibitor drug therapy in a client with posttraumatic stress disorder can be demonstrated by which client self- report?

• "I'm not losing my temper as much."
• "I'm sleeping better, and I don't have nightmares."
• "I have lost my phobia for water."
• "I've lost my craving for alcohol."

Answer:

• "I'm sleeping better, and I don't have nightmares."

Question:

A nurse is caring for a client experiencing dissociative disorder. What is the priority intervention by the nurse?

• Offer praise whether or not the client has been successful
• Encourage the client to keep a journal to recognize unsuccessful coping

strategies

• Plan activities in which the client will attain success
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