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PSYCH MENTAL HEALTH HESI QUESTIONS
Latest Update 2024-2025 Real Exam Questions
and 100% Verified Correct Answers Already
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A client diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia is still withdrawn, unkept, and
unmotivated to get out of bed. A mental health aide asks the nurse why the client is this
way after being on fluphenazine (Prolix) 10 mg for 7 days. The nurse should tell the
health aide:
1) "Prolixin is the most effective with positive symptoms of schizophrenia."
2) "The client will be less withdrawn and unmotivated when the Prolixin takes effect."
3) "The client's Prolix dose probably needs to be increased again."
4) "Lack of motivation is a common side effect of the Prolixin." - CORRECT ANSWER:
1) "Prolixin is the most effective with positive symptoms of schizophrenia."
A client diagnosed with undifferentiated schizophrenia is being discharged on
aripiprazole (Ability) 5 mg every night. When developing the teaching plan about the
most common adverse effects, which of the following should the nurse include? Select
all that apply.
1) Headaches that will subside in a few weeks
2) Transient mild anxiety
3) Insomnia
4) Torticollis
4) Pill rolling movements - CORRECT ANSWER: 1) Headaches that will subside in a
few weeks
2) Transient mild anxiety
3) Insomnia
A client in a long-term care facility who has multiple sclerosis is embarrassed about the
need to use a wheelchair and the muscle spasms that are readily visible in her legs.
Which approach is therapeutic in assisting the client to cope?
,1) Keep the client in her room as much as possible
2) Assist the client with all activities of daily living
3) Tell the client that many of the people in the facility have these same sorts of
problems
4) Encourage and praise perseverance in performing ADLs, and assist the client to
dress and groom daily - CORRECT ANSWER: 4) Encourage and praise perseverance
in performing ADLs, and assist the client to dress and groom daily
A client in the mental health unit believes that the food is being poisoned. What
intervention(s) would be helpful when attempting to encourage the client to eat? Select
all that apply.
1) Use open-ended questions to encourage client dialogue
2) Offer opinions about the necessity for adequate nutrition
3) Focus on the client's self-disclosure about food preferences
4) Identify the reasons the client has for not wanting to eat
5) Offer the client food in closed containers, such as in cans that have to be opened -
CORRECT ANSWER: 1) Use open-ended questions to encourage client dialogue
5) Offer the client food in closed containers, such as in cans that have to be opened
A client is admitted to a medical nursing unit with a diagnosis of acute blindness. Many
tests are performed, and there seems to be no organic reason why this client cannot
see. The client became blind after witnessing a hit-and-run car accident, when a family
of three was killed. A nurse suspects that the client may be experiencing a:
1) Psychosis
2) Repression
3) Conversion Disorder
4) Dissociative Disorder - CORRECT ANSWER: 3) Conversion Disorder
A client is being successfully treated with clozapine (Clozaril). Which of the following
statements by the client reflects a need for further teaching about managing the drug's
adverse effects?
1) "If I eat too many fruits, I'll get constipated."
, 2) I need to take the medicine with food to avoid nausea."
3) "I have to get up slowly so I don't get dizzy."
4) "Sometimes I have to push myself because I'm sleepy." - CORRECT ANSWER: 1) "If
I eat too many fruits, I'll get constipated."
A client is preparing to attend at Gamblers Anonymous meeting for the first time. The
prototype used by this group is the 12-step program developed by Alcoholics
Anonymous. Number in order of priority how the steps would be addressed.
1) Admitting to oneself and to another human being the exact nature of one's wrongs
2) Acknowledging that one is entirely ready to have his or her defects of character
removed
3) Admitting that oneself is powerless over gambling and that one's life has become
unmanageable
4) Making an effort to practice the 12-step principles in all affairs, and to carry out this
message to other compulsive gamblers
5) Making direct amends wherever possible to all people that have been hurt, expect
when to do so would further harm them or others - CORRECT ANSWER: 3) Admitting
that oneself is powerless over gambling and that one's life has become unmanageable
1) Admitting to oneself and to another human being the exact nature of one's wrongs
2) Acknowledging that one is entirely ready to have his or her defects of character
removed
5) Making direct amends wherever possible to all people that have been hurt, expect
when to do so would further harm them or others
4) Making an effort to practice the 12-step principles in all affairs, and to carry out this
message to other compulsive gamblers
A client says to a nurse, "I'm going to die, and I wish my family would stop hoping for a
cure! I get so angry when they carry on like this. After all, I'm the one who's dying." The
therapeutic response by the nurse is:
1) "Have you shared your feelings with your family?"
2) "I think we should talk more about your anger with your family."
3) "You're feeling angry that your family continues to hope for you to be cured."
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