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Psychiatric / mental health nursing practice questions

Anxiety disorders, Crisis intervention, Legal and ethical mental health care, Milieu safety, Mood disorders, Psychosis

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  1. A 42-year-old client in a crisis stabilization unit is being evaluated for agitation on an inpatient psychiatric unit. Assessment data include the client is…Multiple choiceHard
  2. A 42-year-old client in a crisis stabilization unit is being evaluated for acute emotional crisis. Assessment data include the client is withdrawn, flat…Multiple choiceHard
  3. A 31-year-old client on an inpatient psychiatric unit is being evaluated for major depressive symptoms. Assessment data include the client reports hearing…Multiple choiceEasy
  4. A 16-year-old adolescent on an adolescent psychiatric unit is being evaluated for involuntary hold status. Assessment data include the client states, "I don't…Multiple choiceHard
  5. A 16-year-old adolescent on an adolescent psychiatric unit is being evaluated for major depressive symptoms. Assessment data include the client states, "I…Multiple choiceEasy
  6. A 31-year-old client on an inpatient psychiatric unit is being evaluated for acute emotional crisis. Assessment data include the client states, "I don't want…Multiple choiceHard
  7. A 16-year-old adolescent on an adolescent psychiatric unit is being evaluated for acute emotional crisis. Assessment data include the client states, "I don't…Multiple choiceHard
  8. A 31-year-old client on an inpatient psychiatric unit is being evaluated for acute emotional crisis. Assessment data include the client is pacing…Multiple choiceHard
  9. A 31-year-old client on an inpatient psychiatric unit is being evaluated for agitation on an inpatient psychiatric unit. Assessment data include the client…Multiple choiceHard
  10. A client in an inpatient psychiatric unit begins pacing aggressively and clenching fists. What is the priority nursing action?Multiple choiceHard
  11. A 31-year-old client on an inpatient psychiatric unit is being evaluated for panic symptoms. Assessment data include the client is pacing aggressively,…Multiple choiceEasy
  12. A 31-year-old client on an inpatient psychiatric unit is being evaluated for agitation on an inpatient psychiatric unit. Assessment data include the client…Multiple choiceHard
  13. A 42-year-old client in a crisis stabilization unit is being evaluated for involuntary hold status. Assessment data include the client has not slept in 3 days…Multiple choiceHard
  14. A 31-year-old client on an inpatient psychiatric unit is being evaluated for panic symptoms. Assessment data include the client is withdrawn, flat affect, and…Multiple choiceEasy
  15. A 42-year-old client in a crisis stabilization unit is being evaluated for panic symptoms. Assessment data include the client is withdrawn, flat affect, and…Multiple choiceEasy
  16. A 42-year-old client in a crisis stabilization unit is being evaluated for involuntary hold status. Assessment data include the client states, "I don't want…Multiple choiceHard
  17. A 42-year-old client in a crisis stabilization unit is being evaluated for acute emotional crisis. Assessment data include the client has not slept in 3 days…Multiple choiceHard
  18. A 31-year-old client on an inpatient psychiatric unit is being evaluated for acute emotional crisis. Assessment data include the client reports hearing voices…Multiple choiceHard
  19. A 31-year-old client on an inpatient psychiatric unit is being evaluated for involuntary hold status. Assessment data include the client has not slept in 3…Multiple choiceHard
  20. A 16-year-old adolescent on an adolescent psychiatric unit is being evaluated for panic symptoms. Assessment data include the client is pacing aggressively,…Multiple choiceEasy
  21. A 42-year-old client in a crisis stabilization unit is being evaluated for acute emotional crisis. Assessment data include the client reports hearing voices…Multiple choiceHard
  22. A 42-year-old client in a crisis stabilization unit is being evaluated for panic symptoms. Assessment data include the client has not slept in 3 days and…Multiple choiceEasy
  23. A 16-year-old adolescent on an adolescent psychiatric unit is being evaluated for panic symptoms. Assessment data include the client states, "I don't want to…Multiple choiceEasy
  24. A 31-year-old client on an inpatient psychiatric unit is being evaluated for acute emotional crisis. Assessment data include the client has not slept in 3…Multiple choiceHard
  25. A 16-year-old adolescent on an adolescent psychiatric unit is being evaluated for involuntary hold status. Assessment data include the client reports hearing…Multiple choiceHard
  26. After nursing care for panic symptoms, the nurse evaluates the client response. Which action best demonstrates evaluation?Multiple choiceEasy
  27. A 16-year-old adolescent on an adolescent psychiatric unit is being evaluated for acute emotional crisis. Assessment data include the client is withdrawn,…Multiple choiceHard
  28. A 31-year-old client on an inpatient psychiatric unit is being evaluated for panic symptoms. Assessment data include the client has not slept in 3 days and…Multiple choiceEasy
  29. A 31-year-old client on an inpatient psychiatric unit is being evaluated for involuntary hold status. Assessment data include the client is withdrawn, flat…Multiple choiceHard
  30. A 42-year-old client in a crisis stabilization unit is being evaluated for agitation on an inpatient psychiatric unit. The nurse reviews this trend: sleep…Multiple choiceHard
  31. A 16-year-old adolescent on an adolescent psychiatric unit is being evaluated for acute emotional crisis. Assessment data include the client is pacing…Multiple choiceHard
  32. A 16-year-old adolescent on an adolescent psychiatric unit is being evaluated for panic symptoms. Assessment data include the client reports hearing voices…Multiple choiceEasy
  33. A 31-year-old client on an inpatient psychiatric unit is being evaluated for involuntary hold status. Assessment data include the client is pacing…Multiple choiceHard
  34. After nursing care for agitation on an inpatient psychiatric unit, the nurse evaluates the client response. Which action best demonstrates evaluation?Multiple choiceHard
  35. A 42-year-old client in a crisis stabilization unit is being evaluated for major depressive symptoms. Assessment data include the client is withdrawn, flat…Multiple choiceEasy
  36. A 42-year-old client in a crisis stabilization unit is being evaluated for agitation on an inpatient psychiatric unit. Assessment data include the client…Multiple choiceHard
  37. A 42-year-old client in a crisis stabilization unit is being evaluated for agitation on an inpatient psychiatric unit. Assessment data include the client is…Multiple choiceHard
  38. A 42-year-old client in a crisis stabilization unit is being evaluated for acute emotional crisis. Assessment data include the client is withdrawn, flat…Multiple choiceHard
  39. A 42-year-old client in a crisis stabilization unit is being evaluated for auditory hallucinations. Assessment data include the client reports hearing voices…Multiple choiceMedium
  40. A 16-year-old adolescent on an adolescent psychiatric unit is being evaluated for expressions of hopelessness. Assessment data include the client has not…Multiple choiceEasy
  41. A 42-year-old client in a crisis stabilization unit is being evaluated for alcohol withdrawal risk. Assessment data include the client is withdrawn, flat…Multiple choiceMedium
  42. After nursing care for auditory hallucinations, the nurse evaluates the client response. Which action best demonstrates evaluation?Multiple choiceMedium
  43. A 16-year-old adolescent on an adolescent psychiatric unit is being evaluated for major depressive symptoms. Assessment data include the client reports…Multiple choiceMedium
  44. A 42-year-old client in a crisis stabilization unit is being evaluated for alcohol withdrawal risk. Assessment data include the client states, "I don't want…Multiple choiceMedium
  45. A 31-year-old client on an inpatient psychiatric unit is being evaluated for major depressive symptoms. Assessment data include the client is pacing…Multiple choiceMedium
  46. After nursing care for major depressive symptoms, the nurse evaluates the client response. Which action best demonstrates evaluation?Multiple choiceEasy
  47. A 42-year-old client in a crisis stabilization unit is being evaluated for anxiety about hospitalization. Assessment data include the client is withdrawn,…Multiple choiceEasy
  48. A 16-year-old adolescent on an adolescent psychiatric unit is being evaluated for anxiety about hospitalization. Assessment data include the client is pacing…Multiple choiceEasy
  49. The RN is caring for a stable client who needs routine assistance related to history of intimate partner violence. Which task may be delegated to UAP?Multiple choiceMedium
  50. A 16-year-old adolescent on an adolescent psychiatric unit is being evaluated for anxiety about hospitalization. The nurse reviews this trend: sleep decreased…Multiple choiceEasy