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Pediatric Mental Health NCLEX Questions Quizlet Questions
Question 1 of 5
When screening families for post-traumatic stress disorder following a major natural disaster, psychiatric-mental health nurses are practicing which type of disease prevention?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Screening for PTSD post-disaster is secondary prevention (B), detecting early signs to intervene. Primary (A) prevents onset, tertiary (C) manages chronicity, and universal (D) isn’t a standard term here.
Question 2 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 3 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 4 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.
Question 5 of 5
A child/adolescent psychiatric and mental health clinical nurse specialist meets regularly with the staff nurses of an adolescent inpatient psychiatric unit to improve the nurses’ therapeutic interactions with the patients. Each nurse keeps a journal describing clinical interactions with an adolescent and examines the factors that hinder the nurse’s ability to interact therapeutically with the patient. The clinical specialist reviews the entries and provides written feedback. This teaching strategy is known as:
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Journaling and feedback on interactions (D) is reflective practice, enhancing self-awareness and skills. Concept mapping (A), discovery (B), and problem-based learning (C) differ in structure.