NCLEX-PN
Mental Health and Mental Illness NCLEX Questions Questions
Question 1 of 5
When the depressed client is scheduled for a series of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) treatments, which reaction is most likely to be manifested in the immediate recovery period?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Short-term memory loss and headaches are common post-ECT effects due to temporary brain disruption.
Question 2 of 5
On the basis of this change in the client's condition, which nursing action is most appropriate to perform next?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Notifying the physician promptly addresses the acute change (delirium tremens), ensuring rapid intervention for a potentially life-threatening condition.
Question 3 of 5
The nurse educator is orienting new nursing staff to the behavioral care unit when one nurse asks “How will I know which clients are potentially violent?” Which response by the nurse educator is best?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Reviewing charts for violence history (
C) identifies risk as history and impulsivity predict violence. Vague alertness (
A) verbal cues (
B) or delayed training (
D) are less effective.
Question 4 of 5
The nurse is teaching the client with a substance abuse disorder about 12-step self-help programs such as AA. The nurse informs the client that the major principle associated with this 12-step program is what principle?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: AA’s first step is admitting powerlessness (
C). Addiction is a disease not curable (
A) or resumable (
B) and not a weakness; higher power is personal (
D).
Question 5 of 5
When one older adult at reminiscence therapy says, 'If I had it to do all over again, I wouldn't change a thing,' the nurse is most accurate in interpreting this to mean that the client has acquired which developmental characteristic?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Accepting one's life without regret reflects integrity, per Erikson's stage of integrity vs. despair in late adulthood.