NURS 3525 MENTAL HEALTH EXAM 2 AND EXAM 3 PLUS
FINAL EXAM 2023-2024 TEST BANK REAL EXAM QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS|KEISER UNIVERSITY
Exam 2
1.A
... [Show More] nursing instructor isteaching aboutspecific phobias. Which student statement indicates
that learning has occurred?
1. "These clients do not recognize that their fear is excessive, and they rarely seek
treatment."
2. These clients have overwhelming symptoms of panic when exposed to the phobic stimulus."
3. "These clients experience symptomsthat mirror a cerebrovascular accident (CVA)."
4. "These clients experience the symptoms of tachycardia, dysphagia, and diaphoresis."
2. A client has a history of excessive fear of water. Which term should the nurse use to
describe s specific phobia, and under what subtype is this phobia identified?
1. Aquaphobia; a natural environment type of phobia
2. Aquaphobia; a situational type of phobia
3. Acrophobia; a natural environment type of phobia
4. Acrophobia; a situational type of phobia
3. How would the nurse differentiate a client diagnosed with a social phobia from a client
diagnosed with a schizoid personality disorder (SPD)?
1. Clients diagnosed with social phobia can manage anxiety without medications, whereas
clients diagnosed with SPD can manage anxiety only with medications.
2. Clients diagnosed with SPD are distressed by the symptoms experienced in social settings,
whereas clients diagnosed with social phobia are not.
3. Clients diagnosed with social phobia avoid interactions only in social settings, whereas clients
diagnosed with SPD avoid interactions in all areas of life.
4. Clients diagnosed with SPD avoid interactions only in socialsettings, whereas clients
diagnosed with social phobias tend to avoid interactions in all areas of life.
4. How would the nurse differentiate a client diagnosed with panic disorder from a client
diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD)?
1. GAD is acute in nature, and panic disorder is chronic.
2. Chest pain is a common GAD symptom, whereas this symptom is absent in panic disorders.
NURS 3525 MENTAL HEALTH EXAM 2 AND EXAM 3 PLUS
FINAL EXAM 2023-2024 TEST BANK REAL EXAM QUESTIONS
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3. Hyperventilation is a common symptom in GAD and rare in panic disorder.
4. Depersonalization is commonly seen in panic disorder and absent in GAD.
NURS 3525 MENTAL HEALTH EXAM 2 AND EXAM 3 PLUS
FINAL EXAM 2023-2024 TEST BANK REAL EXAM QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS|KEISER UNIVERSITY
5. Which treatment should the nurse identify as most appropriate for clients diagnosed with
GAD?
1. Long-term treatment with diazepam (Valium)
2. Acute symptom control with citalopram (Celexa)
3. Long-term treatment with buspirone (BuSpar)
4. Acute symptom control with ziprasidone (Geodon)
6. A client diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) reports to the nurse that he
can't stop thinking about all the potentially life-threatening germs in the environment. Which
is the most accurate way for the nurse to document this symptom?
1.Client is expressing an obsession with germs.
2. Client is manifesting compulsive thinking.
3. Client is expressing delusional thinking about germs.
4. Client is manifesting arachnophobia of germs.
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