Mental Health NUR 180 Hondros Test 1
ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED
ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+
If a patient is refusing (noncompliant) to take her meds because
they make her feel funny, what can you do? - CORRECT
ANSWER Give in unit doses so pt may open eac...
Mental Health NUR 180 Hondros Test 1 2024-2025 ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS A ND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+ If a patient is refusing (noncompliant) to take her meds becau se they make her feel funny, what can you do? - CORRECT ANSWER Give in unit doses so pt may open each dose herself If a patient is refusing to eat the food provided because she believes you are trying to poison her, what can you do? - CORRECT ANSWER Use foods in containers (cans); let patient see others eating the same foods without difficulty Your patient is refus ing to go to therapy 10 minutes before it should begin. What do you as the nurse do? - CORRECT ANSWER Ask the patient why they are refusing to attend therapy (probe) Restating - CORRECT ANSWER Repeating main though expressed by client (ex you said that your mother left you when you were 5 years old?) Clarification - CORRECT ANSWER Attempting to put into words vague ideas or unexplained clear thoughts of client (ex I'm not sure what you mean. Can you tell me again?) Reflection - CORRECT ANSWER Directing back client's ideas, feelings, questions, and content (ex so you're feeling tense and anxious about a conversation you had with your husband, right?) Sharing Perceptions - CORRECT ANSWER Asking a client to verify caregiver's understanding of client's message (ex you're smiling, but I sense that you are really very angry with me) Silence - CORRECT ANSWER Lack of verbal communication for therapeutic reason (ex sitting with client and no verbally communicating i nterest and involvement) Lethargic - CORRECT ANSWER Can be verbally aroused; shows decreased wakefulness, may have periods of excitability alternating with periods of drowsiness Drowsy/Somnolent - CORRECT ANSWER Wakens with strong stimuli;falls asl eep if left in disturbed Comatose - CORRECT ANSWER Unresponsive to any verbal or painful stimuli Hyperalertness - CORRECT ANSWER Increased state of alertness or watchfulness (hypervigilance) Communication technique for someone with Alzheimer's dis ease - CORRECT ANSWER Ask only one questions at a time. More than one question increases confusion Examples of ineffective coping skills - CORRECT ANSWER alcohol/substance abuse, violence, isolation A public swimming pool owner did not repair a sli de that then caused a child's injury could be guilty of what? - CORRECT ANSWER Negligence and Malpractice
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