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Pediatric Mental Health NCLEX Questions Quizlet Questions
Question 1 of 5
To evaluate whether patient teaching for coping skills has been effective, the psychiatric-mental health nurse asks an adolescent patient to:
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Return demonstration (C) objectively shows skill mastery. Outcomes (A) and goals (D) are vague, and journaling (B) is subjective.
Question 2 of 5
In attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder, which of the following relates to poor attention?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: ADHD includes inattention symptoms per DSM-5: not listening when spoken to (A), forgetfulness (B), and careless mistakes due to lack of detail focus (C). All (D) are diagnostic criteria for the inattention subtype, making it the most comprehensive answer.
Question 3 of 5
For the past 18 months, an eight-year-old child has exhibited involuntary, purposeless, rapid recurrent movements of the arms and face as well as spontaneous unintelligible vocalizations. When receiving verbal cues, the child can decrease and sometimes extinguish the erratic movements for several minutes. The diagnosis is:
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Tourette disorder (D) features multiple motor and vocal tics for over a year, suppressible with cues, matching the description. Atypical (A) and chronic motor (B) lack vocal tics, and stereotypic (C) involves repetitive, non-tic movements.
Question 4 of 5
A mother and father who have recently separated are in family therapy with their six-year-old child, who is experiencing behavioral problems. The father is now involved in a homosexual relationship. During this session, the mother initiates a heated discussion of her fears that the child is being exposed to age-inappropriate sexual behavior in the father’s home. The child/adolescent psychiatric and mental health clinical nurse specialist’s action is to:
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Excluding the child this session (C) protects from inappropriate adult conflict while allowing future inclusion. Permanent exclusion (A, B) limits data, and inclusion now (D) risks distress.
Question 5 of 5
A mother brings her four-year-old son in for evaluation because he 'does not get along with his step-siblings.' The mother reports that her son refuses to play a game with his step-siblings unless they play by his rules. According to cognitive development theory, the explanation for the child’s behavior is that he is in the:
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: At age 4, preoperational stage (C) per Piaget includes egocentrism, limiting perspective-taking, explaining the behavior. Industry (A) is later, preconventional (B) is Kohlberg’s moral stage, and concrete operations (D) starts at 7.