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HONDROS NUR 180 MENTAL HEALTH TEST 1/EXAM 1 2025 REAL SUMMER –FALL EXAM 60 QUESTIONS, Exams of Nursing

HONDROS NUR 180 MENTAL HEALTH TEST 1/EXAM 1 2025 REAL SUMMER –FALL EXAM 60 QUESTIONS (ANSWERED) GRADED A

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NUR 180 Concepts of Mental Health Nursing for the Practical Nurse
HONDROS NUR 180 MENTAL HEALTH TEST 1/EXAM
1 2025 REAL SUMMER FALL EXAM 60 QUESTIONS
(ANSWERED) GRADED A
You are planning interventions at a school help decrease stress. How would you help students
decrease stress and increase coping skills?
Prevent stress related disease and malfunction
Pt. admitted to unit with severe depression and avoids contact with everyone. What would you,
as an LPN do?
Spend time with the patient and accept that the patient is not willing to talk.
Pt. states they can leave whenever they want to after being involuntarily admitted. How would
you explain this to the patient?
You are not allowed to leave the facility until the physician has written the discharge.
Patient having high level of anxiety, how would you respond to this person?
"What is causing you to feel anxious"?
Patient who refuses to talk and eat. They have severe depression. What do you want to do?
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1 2025 REAL SUMMER – FALL EXAM 60 QUESTIONS

(ANSWERED) GRADED A

You are planning interventions at a school help decrease stress. How would you help students decrease stress and increase coping skills? Prevent stress related disease and malfunction Pt. admitted to unit with severe depression and avoids contact with everyone. What would you, as an LPN do? Spend time with the patient and accept that the patient is not willing to talk. Pt. states they can leave whenever they want to after being involuntarily admitted. How would you explain this to the patient? You are not allowed to leave the facility until the physician has written the discharge. Patient having high level of anxiety, how would you respond to this person? "What is causing you to feel anxious"? Patient who refuses to talk and eat. They have severe depression. What do you want to do?

"Would you like to talk about your feelings"? Patient had a bad nightmare and when they woke up they felt emotionally drained as if they had not rested well. How would you respond to this patient? Can you give me an example of what you mean by "Bad nightmare"? Orientating new patient on behavioral health unit, what will you focus on? Reassure the patient on their safety and point out important features of the unit. Behavioral unit caring for patient who got a new roommate 4 days ago, over the past 36 hours, the patient has become increasingly agitated resulting in occasional outbursts. What will you investigate as a likely cause of this change? Something about the new situation is agitating the patient. Examining a patient during their monthly psychiatrist appt. They almost had an accident on their way today. When you take their vitals bp is 170/90 HR is 122, resp. 28, pt.'s pupils are dilated. How will the nurse interpret these physiological signs? The patient is showing signs of an acute stress response. Caring for someone with acute hallucinations and paranoid delusions. What unit would you admit them to?

Adult female becomes combative during routine med administration. What would you do? Ensure the patient is kept safe, while trying to keep the staff safe and de-escalate the situation and combative behavior. Married mother of 2 has been in an abusive relationship for 4 years and decides to leave. She and her children arrive at a crisis intervention center. What will the nurse do next? Offer immediate emotional support An adolescent female displays negative attitude towards everyone that comes into contact in her life. What action should you take? Helping the patient recognize negative attitudes and emotions. Patient with frequent readmissions to inpatient unit. Refuses to eat or participate. What should you do? Provide consistent encouragement to attend activities and have food available. You notice that the patient is experiencing somnolent (falling asleep often). How should the nurse describe the patient's behavior? Falling asleep easily and only awakening with strong stimuli.

Newly admitted patient asks nurse to sit and talk with her for a while in the middle of med pass. How will you respond? I have to finish all the clients, giving them their medications. But then I will come back and talk with you. Which goal will assist the patient in becoming more autonomous? Have the patient check their calendar each night to plan for commitments scheduled the next day. Trying to develop a therapeutic relation with patient on mental health unit, What should you ask the patient? What is your favorite movie and then share that movie on movie night? Patient dx with bipolar, prescribed lithium. Patient voices concerns about future with this dx. How would the nurse respond? You're doing very well since we found out the lithium helps. If you keep up your meds, you should be ok. Working on pt. with OCD. She is touching her head 3x every time she talks. What should you do next?

Administer medications to her in the unit dose package so that she can see the medication. Caring for pt. who had recent relapse of alcohol addition. He states he had recent fight with wife. What would be your response? Could you tell me again when and what happened that you feel made you start drinking again? Patient who does not want to participate in therapy today. They don't feel well and would rather not attend the session. How would you respond? You don't feel like attending the group therapy today? (you are clarifying) Older male patient in mental health clinic with sleep disorder and depression. What would you do? (SATA) Provide a private place to interview client, ask about daily activities and hobbies during interview, delegate other tasks to UAP during interview. You are aware of the person's ability to cope is influenced by many things. Name a few things that affect the ability to cope. Culture, Family dynamics, stress Survivors of suicide victims, the intervention will have what response? Guilt, anger, and shame

Admitting several new patient. Which one has highest suicide risk? Young man who feels trapped and feels hopeless Patient with PTSD (flashbacks, intrusive nightmares, etc.) How will you plan to help the patient? Help increase their coping skills Signs of abuse and neglect in elderly patients Unexplained bruises, poor hygiene, and malnourishment To detect the likely-hood of violence in a community, what factors would you look for? Poverty and frustration What if a patient states to you "Please do not share information about me to other people" How would you respond? I won't share information with others without your permission about you but I will share your information to other staff members. Pt. is involuntarily admitted to psych unit. Threatens to sue.

Severe depressed patient avoiding interaction with other staff and patients on the unit. What would you do? Spend time with the patient and accept that the patient is not willing to talk Screening HS students for depression. What would be the goal of the screening? To dx and treat depression Phsciatric HHA Assisting patient with schitozhopenia in managing their medications and transportation to dr. appt. What level of prevention is this? Tertiary HHA plans a tertiary intervention for patient with severe stress. What would you do? Collaborate with the case manager and psychiatrist. What are some interrelated concepts that the nurse will prioritize when planning for hospitalized psychiatric patients? Stress, cognition, and coping (one answer)

With a patient who suffered many losses including job and home. What would you consider when planning care for this patient? This patient may need help coping with these loses. Monitoring the response to an acute stress to a newly admitted patient. What would you look for? Emotional, physiological, and behavioral changes Planning support group for coping skills and stress response for a group of patients that have mental health dx. What will you base these interventions on? Stress is experienced differently by each individual. Planning interventions for patients with substance addictions. Why would you ask them to identify their current stresses? It should help them see the relationship between stress and dysfunctional coping. To determine the risk for violence, mental illness, crime, and suicide in a hospitalized psychiatric population, what would you expect to see? A lack of supportive relationships.