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Pediatric Mental Health Depression NCLEX Questions Quizlet Questions
Question 1 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 2 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 3 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).
Question 4 of 5
A child with a known diagnosis of autism is receiving therapy for obsessions. The type of therapy that would be appropriate for the child would be:
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Behavior modification therapy (A) targets specific obsessive behaviors in autism through reinforcement, making it most appropriate over family (B), social (C), or medication (D) options.
Question 5 of 5
An 11-year-old boy recently diagnosed with depression is starting a medication. Which one of the following would be a first-line drug in treating his depression?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Lexapro (escitalopram, C), an SSRI, is a first-line treatment for pediatric depression due to efficacy and safety, unlike Buspar (anxiety, A), Depakote (mood stabilizer, B), or Lithium (bipolar, D).