MENTAL HEALTH HESI EXAM VERSION 4
NEWEST 2024-2025 ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE
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A female client with obsessive compulsive disorder complains
that she feels "driven" to check the locks on her front door at
least six times every night. Which response is best for the nurse
to provide?
a. What are your thoughts when you are checking the locks?
b. Feelings of being driven to do something are related to
anxiety
c. Repeating the same behavior helps you to diminish your
anxiety
d. Have you had a bad experience related to unlocked doors? -
ANSWER- c. Repeating the same behavior helps you to
diminish your anxiety
A client who experiences memory loss is diagnosed with
Wernicke encephalopathy caused by alcohol addiction. Which
intervention is most important for the nurse to implement?
a. Nutrition referral
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b. Individual addiction counseling
c. Thiamine administration
d. Initiate disulfiram teaching - ANSWER- c. Thiamine
administration
The mental health nurse observes that female client with
delusional disorder carries some of her belongings with her
because she believes that others are trying to steal them. Which
nursing action will promote trust?
a. Explain that these beliefs are related to her illness
b. Explain that distrust is related to feeling anxious
c. Initiate short, frequent contacts with the client
d. Offer to keep the belongings at the nurse's desk - ANSWER-
c. Initiate short, frequent contacts with the client
An adolescent who is exhibiting a depressed affect receives a
prescription for an antidepressant drug. While the client is taking
the antidepressant, which comparison of the client's behavior
before and after taking the drug is most important for the nurse
to obtain?
a. Appetite
b. The emotional quality of attitude
c. The interactions with others
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d. Level of activity - ANSWER- b. The emotional quality of
attitud
When the nurse addresses questions to an adult female client
who is depressed, the client's responded are delayed. Which
intervention should the nurse include in this client's plan of
care?
a. Observe for signs of possible psychosis
b. Involve client in daily exercise program
c. Ask the client to describe her depression
d. Spend time sitting in silence with client. - ANSWER- d.
Spend time sitting in silence with client.
While visiting the community mental health center, a client with
a diagnosis of major depressive disorder asks the nurse if what is
shared with the staff will be shared with family members. How
should the nurse respond to this client?
a. Tell the client that confidentially will be maintained, except
when one's safety is threatened
b. Provide the client with a written hospital policy regarding
privacy of information laws
c. Nod in the affirmative, but make no verbal commitment to the
client
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