Question: A person was abducted and raped at gunpoint. The nurse observes this person is confused, talks rapidly in disconnected phrases, and is unable to concentrate or make simple decisions. What is the person’s level of anxiety?
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Answer: d. High
Question: A person was abducted and raped at gunpoint by an unknown assailant. Which assessment finding best indicates the person is in the acute phase of rape trauma syndrome?
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Answer: a. Confusion and disbelief
Question: A nurse interviews a person abducted and raped at gunpoint by an unknown assailant. The person says, “I can’t talk about it. Nothing happened. I have to forget!” What is the person’s present coping strategy?
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Answer: d. Denial
Question: An adolescent diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder says, “My parents focus all their attention on my brother instead of me. He’s perfect in their eyes.” Which type of therapy might promote the greatest change in this adolescent’s behavior?
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Answer: C
Question: A nurse assesses a 3-year-old diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder. Which finding is most associated with the child’s disorder?
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Answer: D
Question: Which finding would prompt the nurse to carefully assess an 8-year-old child for development of a psychiatric disorder?
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Answer: A
Question: A nurse assesses the four children below. Which assessment findings should prompt the nurse to refer the child for further evaluation?
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Answer: D
Question: The child most likely to receive propranolol to manage tremors is one diagnosed with which disorder?
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Answer: C
Question: A 12-year-old child has been the neighborhood bully for several years. The parents say, “We can’t believe anything our child says.” Recently, the child shot a dog with a pellet gun and set fire to a trash bin outside a store. The child’s behaviors are most consistent with which disorder?
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Answer: A
Question: The parent of a child diagnosed with Tourette’s disorder says to the nurse, “I think my child is faking the tics because they come and go.” Which response by the nurse is accurate?
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Answer: C
Question: An 11-year-old child, who has been diagnosed with oppositional defiant disorder (ODD), becomes angry over the rules at a residential treatment program and begins shouting at the nurse. What is the best method to defuse the situation?
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Answer: A
Question: When a 5-year-old child is disruptive, the nurse says, “You must take a time-out.” The expectation is that the child will demonstrate what behavior?
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Answer: C
Question: A parent diagnosed with schizophrenia and her 13-year-old child live in a homeless shelter. The child has formed a trusting relationship with a shelter volunteer. The child says, “My three friends and I got an A on our school science project.” The nurse can assess that the child is demonstrating what characteristic?
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Answer: A
Question: A parent diagnosed with schizophrenia and 13-year-old child live in a homeless shelter. The child has formed a trusting relationship with a volunteer. The teen says, “I have three good friends at school. We talk and sit together at lunch.” What is the nurse’s best suggestion to the treatment team?
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Answer: D
Question: Which behavior indicates that the treatment plan for a child diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder was effective?
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Answer: C
Question: What are the primary distinguishing factors between the behavior of children diagnosed with oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) and those diagnosed with conduct disorder (CD)? (Select all that apply.)
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Answer: B, E
Question: An individual with moderate intellectual developmental disorder progresses academically to about a second-grade level. What are the highest outcomes achievable for this person to demonstrate within 5 years? (Select all that apply.)
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Answer: B, C, D