COMPREHENSIVE MENTAL HEALTH AND PSYCHIATRIC NURSING NCLEX PRACTICE QUIZ #3: 75 QUESTIONS

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Comprehensive Mental Health and Psychiatric Nursing NCLEX Practice Quiz #2: 75 Questions 1. Question Which nursing intervention is best for facilitating communication with a psychiatric client who s... peaks a foreign language? A. Rely on nonverbal communication B. Select symbolic pictures as aids C. Speak in universal phrases D. Use the services of an interpreter - correct answerD. Use the services of an interpreter 2. Question The nurse explains to a mental health care technician that a client's obsessive-compulsive behaviors are related to an unconscious conflict between id impulses and the superego (or conscience). On which of the following theories does the nurse base this statement? A. Behavioral theory B. Cognitive theory C. Interpersonal theory D. Psychoanalytic theory - correct answerD. Psychoanalytic theory 3. Question The nurse observes a client pacing in the hall. Which statement by the nurse may help the client recognize his anxiety? A. "I guess you're worried about something, aren't you? B. "Can I get you some medication to help calm you?" C. "Have you been pacing for a long time?" D. "I notice that you're pacing. How are you feeling?" - correct answerD. "I notice that you're pacing. How are you feeling?" 4. Question A client with obsessive-compulsive disorder is hospitalized in an inpatient unit. Which nursing response is most therapeutic? A. Accepting the client's obsessive-compulsive behaviors. B. Challenging the client's obsessive-compulsive behaviors. C. Preventing the client's obsessive-compulsive behaviors. D. Rejecting the client's obsessive-compulsive behaviors. - correct answerA. Accepting the client's obsessive-compulsive behaviors. 5. Question A 45-year-old woman with a history of depression tells a nurse in her doctor's office that she has difficulty with sexual arousal and is fearful that her husband will have an affair. [Show More]

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