MENTAL HEALTH FINAL EXAM NEWEST 2025

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MENTAL HEALTH FINAL EXAM NEWEST 2025

ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE 200 QUESTIONS

AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS

(VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED

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Which of the following tasks are associated with the orientation phase of relationship development? (Select all that apply.)

a) Promoting the client's insight and perception of reality.

b) Creating an environment for the establishment of trust and

rapport.

c) Using the problem-solving model toward goal fulfillment.

d) Obtaining available information about the client from various

sources.

e) Formulating nursing diagnoses and setting goals. -

CORRECT ANSWER -b) Creating an environment for the establishment of trust and rapport.

e) Formulating nursing diagnoses and setting goals.

A client states: "I refuse to shower in this room. I must be very

cautious. The FBI has placed a camera in here to monitor my every move." Which of the following is the therapeutic response? 1 / 4

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• "That's not true."
• "I have a hard time believing that is true."
• "Surely you don't really believe that."
• "I will help you search this room so that you can see there is

no camera." - CORRECT ANSWER -b) "I have a hard time believing that is true."

Nancy, a depressed client who has been unkept and untidy for weeks, today comes to group therapy wearing makeup and a clean dress and having washed and combed her hair. Which of the following responses by the nurse is most appropriate?

• "Nancy, I see you have put on a clean dress and combed your

hair."

• "Nancy, you look wonderful today!"
• "Nancy, I'm sure everyone will appreciate that you have

cleaned up for the group today."

• "Now that you see how important it is, I hope you will do this

every day." - CORRECT ANSWER -a) "Nancy, I see you have put on a clean dress and combed your hair."

Dorothy was involved in an automobile accident while under the influence of alcohol. She swerved her car into a tree and narrowly missed hitting a child on a bicycle. She is in the hospital with multiple abrasions and contusions. She is talking 2 / 4

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about the accident with the nurse. Which of the following statements by the nurse is most appropriate?

• "Now that you know what can happen when you drink and

drive, I'm sure you won't let it happen again."

• "You know that was a terrible thing you did. That child could

have been killed."

• "I'm sure everything is going to be okay now that you

understand the possible consequence of such behavior."

• "How are you feeling about what happened?" - CORRECT

ANSWER-d) "How are you feeling about what happened?"

Judy has been in the hospital for 3 weeks. She has used Valium "to settle my nerves" for the past 15 years. She was admitted by her psychiatrist for safe withdrawal from the drug. She has passed the physical symptoms of withdrawal at this time, but states to the nurse, "I don't know if I will be able to make it without Valium after I go home. I'm already starting to feel nervous. I have so many personal problems." Which is the most appropriate response by the nurse?

• "Why do you think you have to have drugs to deal with your

problems?"

• "Everybody has problems, but not everybody uses drugs to

deal with them. You'll just have to do the best that you can." 3 / 4

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• "We will just have to think about some things that you can do

to decrease your anxiety without resorting to drugs."

• "Just hang in there. I'm sure everything is going to be okay." -

CORRECT ANSWER -c) "We will just have to think about some things that you can do to decrease your anxiety without resorting to drugs."

Mrs. S. asks the nurse, "Do you think I should tell my husband about my affair with my boss?" Which is the most appropriate response by the nurse?

• "What do you think would be best for you to do?"
• "Of course you should. Marriage has to be based on truth."
• "Of course not. That would only make things worse."
• "I can't tell you what to do. You have to decide for yourself." -

CORRECT ANSWER -a) "What do you think would be best for you to do?"

Carol, an adolescent, just returned from group therapy and is crying. She says to the nurse, "All the other kids laughed at me!I try to fit in, but I always seem to say the wrong thing. I've never had a close friend. I guess I never will." Which is the most appropriate response by the nurse?

• "What makes you think you will never have any friends?"
• "You're feeling pretty down on yourself right now."
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