N222 Practice Exam Questions With All
Correct Answers.
A nurse performed these actions while caring for patients in an inpatient psychiatric setting. Which
action violated patients' rights?
A. Prohibited a patient from using the telephone
B. In patient's presence, opened a package mailed to patient
C. Remained within arm's length of patient with homicidal ideation
D. Permitted a patient with psychosis to refuse oral psychotropic medication - Answer A. Prohibited a
patient from using the telephone
A psychiatric nurse discusses rules of the therapeutic milieu and patients' rights with a newly admitted
patient. Which rights should be included? (Select all that apply.)
The right to:
A. have visitors
B. confidentiality
C. a private room
D. complain about inadequate care
E. select the nurse assigned to their care - Answer A. have visitors
B. confidentiality
D. complain about inadequate care
A nurse prepares to administer a scheduled injection of haloperidol to a patient with schizophrenia. As
the nurse swabs the site, the patient shouts, "Stop! I don't want to take that medicine anymore. I hate
the side effects." Select the nurse's best action.
A. Assemble other staff for a show of force and proceed with the injection, using restraint if necessary.
, B. Stop the medication administration procedure and say to the patient, "Tell me more about the side
effects you've been having."
C. Proceed with the injection but explain to the patient that there are medications that will help reduce
the unpleasant side effects.
D. Say to the patient, "Since I've already drawn the medication in the syringe, I'm required to give it, but
let's talk to the doctor about delaying next month's dose." - Answer B. Stop the medication
administration procedure and say to the patient, "Tell me more about the side effects you've been
having."
An adolescent hospitalized after a violent physical outburst tells the nurse, "I'm going to kill my father,
but you can't tell anyone." Select the nurse's best response.
A. "You are right. Federal law requires me to keep clinical information private."
B. "I am obligated to share that information with the treatment team."
C. "Those kinds of thoughts will make your hospitalization longer."
D. "You should share this thought with your psychiatrist." - Answer B. "I am obligated to share that
information with the treatment team."
A voluntarily hospitalized patient tells the nurse, "Get me the forms for discharge. I want to leave now."
Select the nurse's best response.
A. "I will get the forms for you right now and bring them to your room."
B. "Since you signed your consent for treatment, you may leave if you desire."
C. "I will get them for you, but let's talk about your decision to leave treatment."
D. "I cannot give you those forms without your health care provider's permission." - Answer C. "I will
get them for you, but let's talk about your decision to leave treatment."
Which individual diagnosed with a mental illness may need involuntary hospitalization? An individual:
A. who has a severe anxiety after her child gets lost in a shopping mall
B. with visions of demons emerging from cemetery plots throughout the community
C. who takes 38 acetaminophen tablets after the person's stock portfolio becomes worthless
Correct Answers.
A nurse performed these actions while caring for patients in an inpatient psychiatric setting. Which
action violated patients' rights?
A. Prohibited a patient from using the telephone
B. In patient's presence, opened a package mailed to patient
C. Remained within arm's length of patient with homicidal ideation
D. Permitted a patient with psychosis to refuse oral psychotropic medication - Answer A. Prohibited a
patient from using the telephone
A psychiatric nurse discusses rules of the therapeutic milieu and patients' rights with a newly admitted
patient. Which rights should be included? (Select all that apply.)
The right to:
A. have visitors
B. confidentiality
C. a private room
D. complain about inadequate care
E. select the nurse assigned to their care - Answer A. have visitors
B. confidentiality
D. complain about inadequate care
A nurse prepares to administer a scheduled injection of haloperidol to a patient with schizophrenia. As
the nurse swabs the site, the patient shouts, "Stop! I don't want to take that medicine anymore. I hate
the side effects." Select the nurse's best action.
A. Assemble other staff for a show of force and proceed with the injection, using restraint if necessary.
, B. Stop the medication administration procedure and say to the patient, "Tell me more about the side
effects you've been having."
C. Proceed with the injection but explain to the patient that there are medications that will help reduce
the unpleasant side effects.
D. Say to the patient, "Since I've already drawn the medication in the syringe, I'm required to give it, but
let's talk to the doctor about delaying next month's dose." - Answer B. Stop the medication
administration procedure and say to the patient, "Tell me more about the side effects you've been
having."
An adolescent hospitalized after a violent physical outburst tells the nurse, "I'm going to kill my father,
but you can't tell anyone." Select the nurse's best response.
A. "You are right. Federal law requires me to keep clinical information private."
B. "I am obligated to share that information with the treatment team."
C. "Those kinds of thoughts will make your hospitalization longer."
D. "You should share this thought with your psychiatrist." - Answer B. "I am obligated to share that
information with the treatment team."
A voluntarily hospitalized patient tells the nurse, "Get me the forms for discharge. I want to leave now."
Select the nurse's best response.
A. "I will get the forms for you right now and bring them to your room."
B. "Since you signed your consent for treatment, you may leave if you desire."
C. "I will get them for you, but let's talk about your decision to leave treatment."
D. "I cannot give you those forms without your health care provider's permission." - Answer C. "I will
get them for you, but let's talk about your decision to leave treatment."
Which individual diagnosed with a mental illness may need involuntary hospitalization? An individual:
A. who has a severe anxiety after her child gets lost in a shopping mall
B. with visions of demons emerging from cemetery plots throughout the community
C. who takes 38 acetaminophen tablets after the person's stock portfolio becomes worthless
