MENTAL HEALTH HESI EXAM STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS TOP GRADED 2024
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if a female client is sitting alone in the group room of psychiatric unit, nodding head and talking to herself, hearing voices and they are telling her to turn herself in to FBI, what should the PN do? -Correct Answer Distract her by turning on tv
An OCD patient repeatedly washing a table top. W...
MENTAL HEALTH HESI EXAM STUDY GUIDE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS TOP GRADED 2024
if a female client is sitting alone in the group room of psychiatric unit, nodding head and
talking to herself, hearing voices and they are telling her to turn herself in to FBI, what
should the PN do? -Correct Answer ✔Distract her by turning on tv
An OCD patient repeatedly washing a table top. What intervention should the PN do? -
Correct Answer ✔Allow time for behavior and then redirect to other activities
A highly successful businessman presents to community mental health after
complaining of sleepiness and anxiety over his financial status. What should the PN do
to diminish his anxiety? -Correct Answer ✔Teach him to limit sugar and caffeine intake.
A patient is being discharged from psychiatric facility with a prescription for the anti
psychotic agent (Mellaril). What should the PN tell the patient to do? -Correct Answer
✔Stand up slowly because the medication can cause hypotension.
An 18 year old has been told he has Hodkins disease when the PN enters the room. He
yells to get out, I want to die. What should the PN tell him? -Correct Answer ✔Tell me
what the health care provider said.
The grandmother of a young adult male admitted to psychiatric unit request info about
his treatment. What should the PN do? -Correct Answer ✔Ensure a signed release of
info includes grandma.
A client experiencing withdrawal from Xanax is having severe agitation and tremors.
What should the PN do? -Correct Answer ✔Initiate seizure precaution.
A daughter gained weight because she is under so much stress deciding whether to
send dad to nursing home or her home. What should the PN do? -Correct Answer
✔Offer to assist her in examining the pros and cons of the choices for him
A man complains of decrease concentration at work, tired during day, sleeps four to five
hours at night. What should the PN ask? -Correct Answer ✔Do you often feel sad.
A PN attempts to assist an 18 year old female with mild mental disability to ambulate
first day post op after appendectomy. She refuses. What should you tell her? -Correct
Answer ✔I'll be back in 30 minutes to get you out of bed and walk around the room
today.
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A CLIENT IS DIAGNOSED WITH TERMINAL CANCER, THE DOCTOR TOLD ME I
HAVE CANCER.I DO NOT HAVE LONG TO LIVE.WHICH RESPONSE SHOULD THE
PN OFFER? -Correct Answer ✔YES, YOUR CONDITION IS SERIOUS.
WHILE CONDUCTING A MENTAL STATUS EXAMINATION OF A NEWLY ADMITTED
MALE CLIENT HEAD LOWERED AND STARES AT HIS HANDS BASED ON THIS
OBSERVATION WHAT SHOULD THE PN RESPOND? -Correct Answer ✔HOW ARE
YOU FEELING TODAY
ALCOHOLIC ADMITTED TO THE HOSPITAL WITH EARLY STAGE OF CIRRHOSIS
OF THE LIVER, HE TELLS THE PN THAT HE KNOWS HE CAN NOT STOP
DRINKING WHAT RESPONSES IS BEST TO PROVIDE -Correct Answer ✔TELL ME
WHAT YOU THINK WILL HAPPEN TO YOU IF YOU DO CONTINUE TO DRINK
A 4 YEAR OLD IS BROUGHT TO THE CLINIC WITH A FRACTURED ARM.WHICH
INFORMATION SHOULD BE A BASIS FOR THE PRACTICAL NURSE TO SUSPECT
CHILD ABUSE -Correct Answer ✔THE CHILD HAS HAD 4 PREVIOUS VISITS TO 3
NUMBER OF EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT
NURSING MEASURE FOR VICODIN -Correct Answer ✔OBSERVE THE CLIENT FOR
FURTHER NARCOTIC EFFECTS
OLDER CLIENT BECOME DISORIENTED AND CONFUSED. SIGNS OF LEFT
EXTREMITY WEAKNESS BUT NO NEURO CHANGES. -Correct Answer ✔CALL AN
AMBULANCE TO TAKE THE CLIENT TO THE HOSPITAL
HALDOL INCREASE TEMP: 104 F AND MUSCULAR RIGIDITY -Correct Answer
✔CALL AN AMBULANCE
ALZHEIMER'S PATIENT ADMITTED TO AN EXTENDED CARE FACILITY. WHAT
SHOULD YOU DO? -Correct Answer ✔PLAN TO HAVE THE SAME NURSING STAFF
PROVIDE CARE FOR THE CLIENT WHENEVER POSSIBLE
A FEMALE CLIENT COULD NOT SLEEP LAST NIGHT BECAUSE SHE IS UNHAPPY
IN HER JOB.WHAT TYPE OF THOUGHTS IS THE CLIENT HAVING -Correct Answer
✔OBSESSIVE THOUGHT THAT THE CLIENT IS UNABLE TO CONTROL
Alcohol withdrawal-hospitalization -Correct Answer ✔Alcohol detoxification precipitates
a withdrawal syndrome that includes neurological and cardiovascular changes that
require constant monitoring and medical management to safely move the client to an
alcohol-free physiology. The other responses are ineffective and may contribute to the
client's defensiveness.
Depression-1st priority -Correct Answer ✔Maslow's hierarchy or needs begins with
ensuring physiologic needs and safety as primary needs. The priority investigation is to
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