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Behavioral Health Nursing Questions
Question 1 of 5
A person facing eminent death may cry often, become socially withdrawn, or become mute. This may be indicative of
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: These behaviors—crying, withdrawal, muteness—align with depression (Option D) in Kübler-Ross’s stages of grief, reflecting despair near death. Isolation (A) is a coping mechanism, bargaining (B) involves negotiation, and anger (C) manifests differently (e.g., frustration), not matching these symptoms.
Question 2 of 5
In the recovery room, the postoperative client suddenly becomes cyanotic. What is the most appropriate nursing action?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.
Question 3 of 5
The nurse is preparing the preoperative client for surgery. The following statements indicate the client is knowledgeable about his impending surgery, except:
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.
Question 4 of 5
Neurotransmitters elevated in Manic episode are
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.
Question 5 of 5
A community health nurse visits the home of a child, age 11, to investigate frequent school absences. The nurse finds the child caring for three siblings, all younger than age 4. Both parents are at work. The child says, 'I want to go to school regularly, but when my mother has to work, I watch the kids. We can’t afford a babysitter. It doesn’t matter anyway. I’m too dumb to learn much. I don’t have friends at school, probably because I don’t deserve any.' What preliminary assessment can be made?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.