Mental Health NCLEX Questions and Answers

Extract:

Question 1 of 5

The client has been violent toward other clients on a mental health unit and interventions have failed. During the application of restraints which action by the team leader will gain the greatest cooperation from the client?

Correct Answer: B

Rationale: Explaining why and how restraints are applied (
B) reduces resistance. Apologizing (
A) implies mistreatment negotiating (
C) undermines the decision and promising removal (
D) is ineffective.

Question 2 of 5

The hospitalized client has a history of weekly moderate alcohol use. Which symptoms assessed by the nurse indicate that the client may be experiencing alcohol withdrawal? Select all that apply.

A. Agitation B. Hypotension C. Tachycardia D. Hallucinations E. Tongue tremor

Correct Answer: A, C ,D ,E

Rationale: Withdrawal causes agitation (
A) tachycardia (
C) hallucinations (
D) and tongue tremor (E) via NMDA receptor activity. Hypotension (
B) is incorrect; hypertension occurs.

Question 3 of 5

The newly admitted client is expressing anger with increasing intensity. Which therapeutic site should the nurse recommend to the client for gaining control over the increasing anger?

A. The client’s own private room down the hall B. The unit’s common television dayroom C. An outdoor sheltered client smoking area D. An out-of-the-way corner near the nursing station

Correct Answer: D

Rationale: A quiet visible corner near the station (
D) aids de-escalation. Private rooms (
A) and outdoor areas (
C) lack visibility and the dayroom (
B) is too stimulating.

Question 4 of 5

The client has been violent toward other clients on a mental health unit and interventions have failed. During the application of restraints which action by the team leader will gain the greatest cooperation from the client?

A. Showing sympathy by apologizing for the need to restrain the client B. Dispassionately explaining why and how the restraints will be applied C. Affording the client one last opportunity to avoid restraints by “behaving” D. Offering to remove the restraints as soon as the client can “control the anger”

Correct Answer: B

Rationale: Explaining why and how restraints are applied (
B) reduces resistance. Apologizing (
A) implies mistreatment negotiating (
C) undermines the decision and promising removal (
D) is ineffective.

Question 5 of 5

Which concept is most important for the nurse to convey to a client during a panic attack?

A. The client is safe. B. The client is believed. C. The client is cared for. D. The client is accepted.

Correct Answer: A

Rationale: Reassuring safety addresses the client's fear, a core component of panic attacks, helping to de-escalate anxiety.

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