Nurs 3106 Final Practice Questions and Answers (100% Pass)
A 7-year-old active in sports has received a most improved player award at his baseball
tournament. According to Erickson, what describes this client's developmental task
assessment for a client? - ✔️✔️Industry
A client is hearing voices saying. "I will kill my mother soon." The client states, "I am a
prophet." The nurse understands these symptoms are exhibited because of which brain
alteration? - ✔️✔️An increase in dopamine in the mesolimbic dopamine pathway
Which situations support the biological theory of the development of bipolar affective
disorder? - ✔️✔️A client is prescribed an SSRI and then exhibits impulsive behaviors,
expansive mood, and flight of ideas.
A student nurse asks the instructor about the DSM-5. Which of the following instructor
statements is correct? SATA - ✔️✔️-The DSM-5 allows clinicians to rate disorders along a
continuum of severity.
-Conditions that do not meet DSM-5 criteria are termed NED
-Dimensional assessment tools are included in DSM-5.
When the nurse creates an environment to facilitate healing, which of the following
assumptions are the nurse's actions based on? SATA - ✔️✔️-A therapeutic relationship can be a
healing experience
-Group setting can support ego strengths
On an inpatient psychiatric unit, a client diagnosed with borderline personality disorder is
challenging other clients and splitting staff. Which response by the nurse reflects the nurse's
role of a milieu manager? - ✔️✔️Setting strict limits and communicating these limits to all
staff members
An inpatient psychiatric client recently diagnosed with bipolar disorder has been prescribed
lithium carbonate. When the nurse is functioning in the role of teacher, which of the
following interventions are appropriate? - ✔️✔️Teaching s/sx of lithium toxicity
A nursing student has a special feeling towards a client based on acceptance, warmth, and a
nonjudgmental attitude. The student is experiencing which characteristics that embrace the
achievement of the nurse-client relationship. - ✔️✔️Rapport
The client says, "I am thinking about ending it all"... - ✔️✔️You must be feeling very sad right
now
A client on an inpatient psychiatric unit states, "My mother hates me, my dad is an alcoholic,
etc... I am homeless" The nurse responds, "Let's talk more about your feelings." Which is a
description of the technique used? - ✔️✔️The nurse uses questions or statements to help a
client expand on a topic
A client who has been scheduled for ECT says they're nervous. Which would be the best
nursing response? - ✔️✔️It's okay to be nervous. What are your concerns about the procedure?
A client who has a 10 Am appointment at an outpatient psychiatric clinic arrives at noon,
stating, "I was visiting with my mother." How should the nurse interpret the client's failure to
arrive on time? - ✔️✔️The client is a member of a cultural group that is present-oriented.
A client's husband is visiting his wife during visiting hours. A nurse walks by, hearing him
verbally abuse the client. Which response is appropriate? - ✔️✔️Remind the clients of the
house rules
Waking down a local grocery store aisle, a nurse encounters a client the nurse has recently
cared for in an inpatient psychiatric setting. Which is the nurse's appropriate reaction? -
✔️✔️Make eye contact with the client, and if the client responds, respond back
At an outpatient obstetric clinic, a pregnant client on welfare exhibits extreme anxiety when
discussing a failure in school. This is an example of which type of crisis? - ✔️✔️Crisis of
anticipated life transition
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