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Question 1 of 5

A group of nursing students is reviewing information about antisocial personality disorder. The students demonstrate understanding of this disorder when they state which of the following?

A. The disorder occurs more frequently in women.

B. The individual must be at least 18 years of age.

C. The disorder is found primarily in Asian individuals.

D. Alcohol abuse disorder rarely accompanies this disorder.

Expert Explanatory Rationale

Correct Answer: The individual must be at least 18 years of age.

Question 2 of 5

A patient diagnosed with opioid use disorder has expressed a desire to enter into a rehabilitation program. What initial nursing intervention during the early days after admission will help ensure the patient's success?

A. Restrict visitors to family members only.

B. Manage the patient's withdrawal symptoms well.

C. Provide the patient a low stimulus environment.

D. Advocate for at least 3 months of treatment.

Expert Explanatory Rationale

Correct Answer: Manage the patient's withdrawal symptoms well.

Question 3 of 5

Two nursing students are discussing psychiatric-mental health nursing and the role it has played in nursing's overall history. Which statement is most accurate?

A. The importance of using therapeutic communication was stressed by Nightingale.

B. The use of self-care to enhance the immune system was taught by Dorothea Dix.

C. The moral treatment of mental illness was a primary focus of deinstitutionalization.

D. Peplau was the first nurse to stress the importance of therapeutic communication.

Expert Explanatory Rationale

Correct Answer: The importance of using therapeutic communication was stressed by Nightingale.

Question 4 of 5

After teaching a class about childhood and adolescent mental health, the instructor determines that additional teaching is needed when the class identifies which of the following as promoting mental health in children?

A. Difficult temperament

B. Age-appropriate physical development

C. Secure attachment

D. Normal psychosocial development

Expert Explanatory Rationale

Correct Answer: Difficult temperament

Question 5 of 5

A nursing student is experiencing fears related to the first clinical experience in a psychiatric setting. This is most likely to occur in which phase of the nurse-client relationship?

A. In the pre-interaction phase, because the student is likely to be suspicious of psychiatric clients.

B. In the orientation phase, because the psychiatric client may threaten the student's role identity.

C. In the working phase, because the student may feel emotionally vulnerable to past experiences.

D. In the termination phase, because the student may be uncertain about his or her ability to make a difference.

Expert Explanatory Rationale

Correct Answer: In the pre-interaction phase, because the student is likely to be suspicious of psychiatric clients.

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