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RASMUSSEN: MENTAL HE ALTH
EXAM 2 LATEST
VERSION(UPDATED ) WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTION
Question : A patient with schizophrenia begins to talks
about "volmers" or about "frangularity" hiding in the warehouse at work. The term "volmers" should be documented as
A neologism
Correct answer: A neologism
Question : A patient with suicidal impulses is placed on
the highest level of suicide precautions. Which measures should be incorporated into the plan of care by the nurse caring for the patient? (More than one answer is correct.) A.Maintain arm's-length, one-on-one nursing observation around the clock.
- Allow no glass or metal on meal trays.
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- Remove all potentially harmful objects from the
patient's possession.
Correct answer: A.Maintain arm's-length, one-on-one
nursing observation around the clock.
Correct answer: b. Allow no glass or metal on meal trays.
Correct answer: f. Remove all potentially harmful objects
from the patient's possession.
Question : A patient diagnosed with bipolar disorder is in
the maintenance phase of treatment. The patient asks, "Do I have to keep taking this lithium even though my mood is stable now?" Select the nurse's appropriate response.
- "Taking the medication every day helps reduce the risk
of a relapse."
Correct answer: b. "Taking the medication every day
helps reduce the risk of a relapse."
Question : A person has had difficulty keeping a job
because of arguing with co-workers and accusing them of conspiracy. Today the person shouts, "They're all plotting
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to destroy me. Isn't that true?" Select the nurse's most therapeutic response.
- "Feeling that people want to destroy you must be very
frightening."
Correct answer: b. "Feeling that people want to destroy
you must be very frightening."
Question : Which piece of subjective data obtained during
the nurse's psychosocial assessment of a client experiencing severe anxiety would indicate the possibility of obsessive-compulsive disorder?
- "I have to keep checking to see where my car keys are."
Correct answer: a. "I have to keep checking to see where
my car keys are."
Question : The nurse is evaluating the effectiveness of
psychotropic medication on negative symptoms of psychosis. The nurse looks for a decrease in which of the following?
A: Affective flattening.
Correct answer: A: Affective flattening.
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Question : A 39-year-old woman is recently divorced and
is learning to cope with additional stressors. Which of the following best demonstrate(s) that she is utilizing positive coping strategies to manage her stress? (Select all that apply).
- control stress by increased physical activity.
- change her reactions to stress with cognitive behavioral
therapy.
Correct answer: 3. control stress by increased physical
activity.
Correct answer: 4. change her reactions to stress with
cognitive behavioral
Correct answer: therapy.
Question : Which individual in the emergency department
should be considered at the highest risk for completing suicide?
- A 79-year-old single white man with cancer of the
prostate gland.