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MENTAL HEALTH EXAM 3 NEWEST 2025
ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE 100 QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
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Jordanne is a client with a fear of air travel. She is being treated in a mental institution for phobic disorder. The treatment method involves systematic desensitization. The nurse would consider
the treatment successful if:
- Jordanne plans a trip requiring air travel.
- Jordanne takes a short trip in an airplane.
- Jordanne recognizes the unrealistic nature of the fear of
- Jordanne verbalizes a decreased fear about air travel. -
riding on airplanes.
CORRECT ANSWER -B. Jordanne takes a short trip in an airplane.
Systematic desensitization is a behavioral technique in which the client with a specific phobia is gradually able to work through hierarchal fears until the most fearful situation is encountered. In this case, the most fearful is riding an airplane. 1 / 4
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Nurse Rob has observed a co-worker arriving to work drunk at least three times in the past month. Which action by Nurse Rob would best ensure client safety and obtain necessary assistance for the co-worker?
- Ignore the co worker's behavior, and frequently assess the
- Make general statements about safety issues at the next staff
- Report the coworker's behavior to the appropriate supervisor.
- Warn the co-worker that this practice is unsafe. - CORRECT
clients assigned to the co-worker.
meeting.
ANSWER-C. Report the coworker's behavior to the appropriate supervisor.
The nurse is obligated by ethical considerations of client safety, as well as by nurse practice acts in many states, to report substance abuse in health care workers. Most healthcare facilities have an employee assistance program to help workers with substance abuse problems.
Option A: Ignoring the co worker's behavior would be a form of
enabling behavior (codependency) on the staff nurse's part. 2 / 4
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Option B: Making general statements about safety in a staff
meeting avoids dealing with the problem.
Option D: Warning the co-worker is inadequate; it does not
ensure client safety or helps him receive necessary aid.
Elsa is being treated in a chemical dependency unit. She tells the nurse that she only uses drugs when under stress and therefore does not have a substance problem. Which defense mechanism is the client using?
- Compensation
- Denial
- Suppression
- Undoing - CORRECT ANSWER -B. Denial
Individuals who have substance problems often use denial.
Options A, C, and D: Compensation, suppression, and undoing
are incorrect and do not fit the situation described.
Nurse Julie recommends that the family of a client with substance-related disorder attend a support group, such as Al- Anon and Alateen. The purpose of these groups is to help family
members understand the problem and to:
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- Change the problem behaviors of the abuser.
- Learn how to assist the abuser in getting help.
- Maintain focus on changing their own behaviors.
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CORRECT ANSWER -C. Maintain focus on changing their own behaviors.
Family support groups, such as Al-Anon and Alateen, emphasize the importance of changing one's own behavior rather than trying to change the behavior of the individual with a substance abuse problem.
Nurse Wilma is teaching a client about disulfiram (Antabuse), which the client is taking to deter his use of alcohol. She explains that using alcohol when taking this medication can
result in:
- Abdominal cramps and diarrhea.
- Drowsiness and decreased respiration.
- Flushing, vomiting, and dizziness.
- Increased pulse and blood pressure. - CORRECT ANSWER -
- Flushing, vomiting, and dizziness.
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