Professional Documents
Culture Documents
1. Marco approached Nurse Trish asking for advice on how to deal with his alcohol
addiction. Nurse Trish should tell the client that the only effective treatment for
alcoholism is:
A. Psychotherapy
B. Alcoholics anonymous (A.A.)
C. Total abstinence
D. Aversion Therapy
2. Nurse Hazel is caring for a male client who experience false sensory perceptions with
no basis in reality. This perception is known as:
A. Hallucinations
B. Delusions
C. Loose associations
D. Neologisms
3. Nurse Monet is caring for a female client who has suicidal tendency. When
accompanying the client to the restroom, Nurse Monet should…
A. Being Killed
B. Highly famous and important
C. Responsible for evil world
D. Connected to client unrelated to oneself
7. A 20 year old client was diagnosed with dependent personality disorder. Which
behavior is not likely to be evidence of ineffective individual coping?
A. Paranoid thoughts
B. Emotional affect
C. Independence need
D. Aggressive behavior
9. Nurse Claire is caring for a client diagnosed with bulimia. The most appropriate initial
goal for a client diagnosed with bulimia is?
A. Respiratory difficulties
B. Nausea and vomiting
C. Dizziness
D. Seizures
12.A 75 year old client is admitted to the hospital with the diagnosis of dementia of the
Alzheimer’s type and depression. The symptom that is unrelated to depression would
be?
A. Increasing stimulation
B. limiting unnecessary interaction
C. increasing appropriate sensory perception
D. ensuring constant client and staff contact
16.A 39 year old mother with obsessive-compulsive disorder has become immobilized
by her elaborate hand washing and walking rituals. Nurse Trish recognizes that the
basis of O.C. disorder is often:
A. Depensiveness
B. Embarrassment
C. Shame
D. Remorsefulness
20.Which of the following approaches would be most appropriate to use with a client
suffering from narcissistic personality disorder when discrepancies exist between what
the client states and what actually exist?
A. Rationalization
B. Supportive confrontation
C. Limit setting
D. Consistency
21.Cely is experiencing alcohol withdrawal exhibits tremors, diaphoresis
and hyperactivity. Blood pressure is 190/87 mmhg and pulse is 92 bpm. Which of the
medications would the nurse expect to administer?
A. Naloxone (Narcan)
B. Benzlropine (Cogentin)
C. Lorazepam (Ativan)
D. Haloperidol (Haldol)
22.Which of the following foods would the nurse Trish eliminate from the diet of a client
in alcohol withdrawal?
A. Milk
B. Orange Juice
C. Soda
D. Regular Coffee
23.Which of the following would Nurse Hazel expect to assess for a client who is
exhibiting late signs of heroin withdrawal?
A. Have more positive relation with the father than the mother
B. Cling to mother & cry on separation
C. Be able to develop only superficial relation with the others
D. Have been physically abuse
27.When teaching parents about childhood depression Nurse Trina should say?
A. Scanning speech
B. Speech lag
C. Shuttering
D. Echolalia
29.A 60 year old female client who lives alone tells the nurse at the community health
center “I really don’t need anyone to talk to”. The TV is my best friend. The nurse
recognizes that the client is using the defense mechanism known as?
A. Displacement
B. Projection
C. Sublimation
D. Denial
30.When working with a male client suffering phobia about black cats, Nurse Trish
should anticipate that a problem for this client would be?
A. Flight of ideas
B. Associative looseness
C. Confabulation
D. Concretism
34.Nurse Joey is aware that the signs & symptoms that would be most specific for
diagnosis anorexia are?
A. Multiple stimuli
B. Routine Activities
C. Minimal decision making
D. Varied Activities
37.To further assess a client’s suicidal potential. Nurse Katrina should be especially
alert to the client expression of:
A. Neologisms
B. Echolalia
C. Flight of ideas
D. Loosening of association
42.A long term goal for a paranoid male client who has unjustifiably accused his wife of
having many extramarital affairs would be to help the client develop:
A. Neuroleptic medication
B. Short term seclusion
C. Psychosurgery
D. Electroconvulsive therapy
50.Mario is admitted to the emergency room with drug-included anxiety related to over
ingestion of prescribed antipsychotic medication. The most important piece of
information the nurse in charge should obtain initially is the: