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PRN 1562 / PRN1562 Exam 1: Principles of Mental Health Nursing Exam 1 Review (Latest 2024/2025) Rasmussen
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PRN1562 Principles of Mental Health Nursing Exam 1 Review
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PRN1562 Mental Health Exam 11. A client tells a nurse that he hates his Dr and plans to hurt the Dr, but she did not report
this prior to leaving. When the nurse returns to work the next day, she finds that the
physician has been brutally beaten by the client and the physician is hospitalized. Which
of the following best represents the nurse’s failure to act by not reporting?
Negligence
2. A patient is about to be released and tells the staff nurse " I’m glad I’m getting out of
here; I swear the first thing I’ll do is kill my ex wife and that stupid boyfriend of hers "
Which of the following is the staff nurse legal duty?
Report the threat to the treatment team and document the statement.
3. A client has been involuntarily admitted to an in patient behavioral health unit. During
this this admission, which of the following rights does the client still retain? SELECT ALL
THAT APPLY
Right to refuse medication
Right to informed consent
4. The nurse is conversations with a client in a locked in patient psychiatric unit. The client
states " Pls don't tell nobody about my sexual abuse " Which nursing response clearly
outlines the nurse responsibility related to confidentiality?
All the health care team is focusing on helping you, I will bring information to the team
that can assist them in planning your treatment.
5. The nurse understands a client taking which medication could place a client at high risk
for a life threatening hypertensive crisis if tyramine is ingested? SELECT ALL THAT APPLY
Tranylcypromine (Parnate)
Isocarboxazid (Marplan)
Phenelzine (Nardil)
, 6. A researcher tells the nurse that she would like a patient to participate in a study on the
effects of a new medication. The nurse's responsibility in regard to this study is:
To assess whether the patient has the ability and legal right to give informed consent.
7. A 29-year-old client living with parents has few interpersonal relationships. The client
states, "I have trouble trusting people." Based on Erikson's developmental theory, which
should the nurse recognize as a true statement about this client?
A. The client has not progressed beyond the trust versus mistrust developmental stage.
B. Developmental deficits in earlier life stages have impaired the client's adult
functioning.
C. The client cannot move to the next developmental stage until mastering all earlier
stages.
D. The client's developmental problems began in the intimacy versus isolation stage.
The client has not progressed beyond the trust vs. mistrust development stage.
Development deficits in earlier life stages have impaired the clients adult functioning.
8. A nursing instructor is teaching about the monoamine category of neurotransmitters.
Which student statement indicates that learning about the function of norepinephrine
has occurred?
Norepinephrine functions to regulate mood, cognition, and perception.
9. Using Erickson's theory of personality development, which of the following task occur
with teenagers during puberty?
Identifying oneself from ones person
10. A patient is involuntarily admitted to a psychiatric unit after calling a friend and saying "
I've got a gun and I’m going to shoot myself " Which of the following right has the
patient lost temporarily?
The right to leave the hospital without medical approval.
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