N3T1: PSYCHIATRIC NURSING CHAPTER 1 PRACTICE TEST
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS LATEST UPDATED 2025/2026 A
COMPLETE EXAM WITH 100% CORRECT VERIFIED/DETAILED
ANSWERS BEST RATED A+ FOR SUCCESS
Your friend has just been laid off from his job. Which of the following responses on your part
would most likely contribute to enhanced resilience?
1. Using your connections to set up an interview with your employer
2. Connecting him with a friend of the family who owns his own business
3. Supporting him in arranging, preparing for, and completing multiple interviews
4. Helping him to understand that the layoff resulted from troubles in the economy and is
not his fault - CORRECT ANSWERS 3. Supporting him in arranging, preparing for, and
completing multiple interviews
Rationale: Resilience develops from the process of resolving distress through adaptive
coping. It
is enhanced when a person experiences success as a result of his own efforts, which gives
the
person an increased sense of control or mastery over stressful events. This is illustrated in
the
choice involving helping your friend to obtain and succeed in interviewing for a replacement
job.
In the other choices, you are helping the person deal with his situation and/or find a
replacement
job but not in a manner that leads him to experience success via his own efforts. As a result,
these approaches do not provide your friend with an opportunity to experience a sense of
mastery
over stress, so they are less likely to contribute to increased resiliency.
Which of the following situations best supports the stress-diathesis model of mental illness
development?
