NUR2488 / NUR 2488: Mental Health Nursing Exam 1 (Latest 2021 / 2022) Rasmussen College

NUR2488 / NUR 2488: Mental Health Nursing
Exam 1 (Latest 2021 / 2022) Rasmussen College
Mental Health Exam 1

1. A fully developed outcome for a client goal would include:
   (SATA)Attainable for client, measurable terms and time
   sensitive
2. The nurse understands a client could be at risk for serotonin syndrome when taking
   which ofthe following medications in addition to over the counter medications or herbal
   supplements?
   -Sertraline
3. A 4-year-old child grabs toys from siblings, saying “I want that toy now!”. The siblings
   cry andthe child’s parents become upset with the behavior. Using Freudian theory, a
   nurse can interpret the child behavior as a product of impulses originating in the:
   -Id
4. Which expected client outcome should a nurse identify as being correctly formulated?

• Client will initiate interaction with one peer during free time within 2 days.

1. A voluntarily hospitalized patient tells the nurse, “Get me the forms for discharge
   againstmedical advice so I can leave now. “Which is the nurse’s best response?
   -I will get them for you, but lets talk about your decision to leave treatment
2. The client is being admitted to the inpatient psychiatric unit. The nurse conducts a
   mentalstatus examination. Which of the following items are included in this
   examination?
   -Appearance, mood and effect, thought and cognition
3. A client with schizophrenia has recently begun a new medication, clozapine (Clozaril).
   Whichsigns and symptoms of a potentially fatal side effect will the nurse teach the client
   about?
   -blurring vision and muscular weakness
4. Which information suggests that caution is necessary in prescribing a benzodiazepine
   to ananxious client?
   -The client has a history of alcohol dependence
5. A brother calls to speak to his sister who has been admitted to the psychiatric unit. The
   nurseconnects home to the community phone and the sister is summoned. Later the nurse

realizes that the brother was not on the client’s approved call list. What law has the nurse
broken?
-The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act(HIPPA)