HESI Mental Health CUMULATIVE |2023|Multiple Choices| updated With complete solution |A+ Rated Guide

HESI Mental Health CUMULATIVE |2023|Multiple Choices| updated With complete solution |A+ Rated Guide | New Full Exam Actual

Multiple choices

Following surgery, a male client with antisocial personality disorder frequently request

that a specific nurse be assigned to his care and is belligerent when another nurse is

assigned. What action should the charge nurse implement?

A) Reassure the client that his request will be met whenever possible

B) Advise the client that assignments are not based on client requests

C) Ask the client to explain why he constantly request the nurse

D) Encourage the client to verbalize his feelings about the nurse

{{Correct Ans- B) Advise the client that assignments are not based on client requests

A client postpartum depression receives prescription for sertraline (Zoloft). What

information is most important to include in client teaching?

A) Avoid processed meats, red, wine, and Swiss cheese

B) Contact the healthcare provider immediately if suicidal thoughts occur.

C) Increase activity level to include a daily exercise routine

D) Contact the healthcare provider immediately if muscle stiffness

{{Correct Ans- B)Contact the healthcare provider immediately if suicidal thoughts occur

When preparing to administer a prescribed medication to a homeless male at a

community psychiatric clinic the client tells the nurse that he usually takes a different

dosage. What action should the nurse take?

A) Tell him to take the medication then verify the dosage at the next healthcare team

meeting

B) Withhold the medication until the dosage can be confirmed

C) Inform him that he may refuse the medication and document whether or not he take

D) Explain to the client that the dosage has been changed

{{Correct Ans- B) Withhold the medication until the dosage can be confirmed

A client who is being treated with lithium carbonate for bipolar disorder develops

diarrhea, vomiting and drowsiness. What action should the nurse take?

A) Notify de healthcare provider immediately and prepare for admon of an antidote

B) Hold the medication and refuse to admon additional amounts of the drug

C) Record the symptoms as normal side effects and continues admon of the prescribed

dosage

D)Notify the health care provider of the symptoms prior to the next admon of the drug

{{Correct Ans- D) Notify the health care provider of the symptoms prior to the next admon of the drug

The nurse orients a female client with depression to her new room on the mental

unit. The client state, " It seems strange that I don't have a tv in my room". Which

statement would be best for the nurse to provider?

A) You can watch TV as much as you want ouside of your room

B) Sometime client feel like the TV is sending them messages

C) It's important to be out of your room and talking to others

D) Watching TV is a passive activity and we want you to be active

{{Correct Ans- C) It's important to be out of your room and talking to others

A client who is admitted with a closed head injury after a fall has a blood alcohol level

(BAL) of 0.28 (28%) and is difficult to arouse. Which intervention during the first 6 h

following admission should the nurse identify as the priority?

A) Give lorazepan ( Ativan) PRN for signs of withdrawal

B) Administer disulfiram (antabuse) immediately

C)Place in side-lying position with head of bed elevated

D) Provide thiamine and folate supplements as prescribed

{{Correct Ans- C)Place in side-lying position with head of bed elevated

The nurse is using the CAGE questionnaire as a screening tool for a client who is

seeking helpbecause his wife said he had a drinking problem. What information should

the nurse explore indepth with the client based on this screening tool?

A) Cancer screening result anger gastritis daily alcohol intake.

B) Consumptiom, liver enzyme gastrointestinal complaints and bleeding

C) Efforts to cut down annoyance with question guilt drinking as an eye opener

D) Minimizes drinking frequently misses family event guilt about drinking amount of daily

intake

{{Correct Ans- C) Efforts to cut down annoyance with question guilt drinking as an eye opener