NCLEX-PN
Mental Health NCLEX Questions with Rationale Questions
Extract:
Question 1 of 5
When the counselor asks the members of the post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) support group to draw pictures of their traumatic experiences, the nurse understands that the primary purpose for drawing is to achieve what outcome?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Drawing traumatic experiences externalizes memories, helping clients confront and process painful events in a controlled, therapeutic way.
Question 2 of 5
What is the most appropriate nursing action when the terminally ill client's death is imminent?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Staying with the client provides comfort, and contacting family ensures support, aligning with the advance directive.
Question 3 of 5
If a client with chronic mental illness develops the following symptoms after the physician discontinues haloperidol, which one is most likely a consequence of the drug therapy?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Facial tics are a potential tardive dyskinesia symptom, a known side effect of long-term haloperidol use.
Question 4 of 5
The nurse is caring for an unresponsive toddler in a PICU. The child’s parent was arrested for alleged child abuse but released on bail. The parent is pounding at the door belligerent and demanding to visit the child. Which is the most appropriate nursing plan of action?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Initiating the emergency response (
D) ensures safety. Allowing entry (
A) deferring to HCP (
B) or reporting to Social Services (C likely already done) are inappropriate.
Question 5 of 5
The client who sustained a brain injury from an MVA is now experiencing aggression impulsivity and poor judgment. In teaching the family which area of the brain illustrated should the nurse identify as being affected?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: The prefrontal cortex (Line
B) modulates judgment aggression and impulsivity. Cortex (
A) controls motor functions hypothalamus (
C) regulates temperature/fluids and cerebellum (
D) manages balance. image4.png