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Pediatric Mental Health Depression NCLEX Questions Quizlet Questions
Question 1 of 5
A mental health nurse is educating a mother on how to help her child deal with anxiety issues. The teaching should include:
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: All options (D) are evidence-based strategies: verbalizing feelings reduces anxiety, lowering stimuli prevents overwhelm, and problem-solving builds coping skills, making them collectively appropriate.
Question 2 of 5
A school nurse is giving an in-service to teachers to teach them how to deal with children with ADHD. The nurse should include all of the following topics for discussion except:
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: ADHD accommodations include shorter tasks (A), movement (B), and organization aids (C). Requiring 30 minutes of continuous reading (D) is unrealistic due to attention deficits and should be excluded.
Question 3 of 5
A teacher is working with a child with a known diagnosis of Oppositional Defiant Disorder. The teacher should include which of the following in her approach to the child?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Consistency with consequences (A) is key for ODD to establish boundaries and reduce defiance. Seating (B), conditional rewards (C), or extra help (D) may help but aren’t core strategies.
Question 4 of 5
The acronym SLEPT is used for children with schizophrenia. The acronym stands for:
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: SLEPT likely assesses key schizophrenia domains: social behavior, language, emotions, perceptions, and thinking (C), covering positive and negative symptoms comprehensively.
Question 5 of 5
An adolescent with a known diagnosis of schizophrenia has placed aluminum foil on all of his bedroom windows and refuses to come out because aliens are going to take him away. The adolescent is exhibiting signs of:
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Believing aliens will abduct him and acting on it (foil) indicates delusions (B), fixed false beliefs characteristic of schizophrenia, distinct from hallucinations (A, sensory), defense mechanisms (C), or confidence issues (D).