Exam 1: NU 160 NU160 Latest

Exam 1: NU 160 / NU160 (Latest

Version 2025 / 2026) Mental Health Concepts | Questions & Answers | 100 % Correct | Grade A - Galen

Question:

how do psychotherapeutic drugs work?

Answer:

act on the body's nervous system by altering the delicate chemical balances withing that system

most interrupt the neurotransmitter within the brain by suppressing major nerve pathways that connect the deeper brain to the frontal lobe and limbic system

Question:

antianxiety medications

Answer:

reduce the psychic tension of stress

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Question:

antidepressant medications

Answer:

prescription drugs that are used to reduce the symptoms associated with major depressive disorder, bipolar, panic disorders, OCD, neuropathic pain

Question:

The Mental Health Systems Act of 1980 was one of the most progressive mental health bills in the history of the United States, but its enactment was interrupted by the

Answer:

Election of a new president

Question:

In the United States, which factors determine whether a client requires inpatient rather than outpatient care? (Select all that apply.

Answer:

Severity of the illness Level of dysfunction Suitability of the setting for treating the problem Level of client cooperation Ability to pay

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Question:

During the 1930s, what common treatment for schizophrenia caused clients to fall into a coma that could last as long as 50 hours

Answer:

insulin therapy

Question:

The home mental health nurse visits a female client to assess her ability to care for herself at home after discharge from an inpatient setting. Which component of the case management system does this demonstrate?

Answer:

Psychosocial rehabilitation

Question:

A client frequently wanders around the unit, and the staff frequently needs to reorient the client to the environment and remind her not to walk into the rooms of other clients on the unit. Due to short staffing, the decision is made to use a restraint device to prevent this from occurring. This action may

constitute:

Answer:

false imprisonment

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Question:

The nurse encounters a client crying in her room. Upon talking to the client, it is discovered that she is upset because a new nursing assistant made her go out for a walk with the group even though the client informed her that she waits for her daughter to go for her walk. This is a potential violation of which ethical principle?

Answer:

autonomy

Question:

A client seen in the mental health clinic feels her depression is the result of being "punished" due to becoming pregnant as an adolescent and giving the infant up for adoption against her family's wishes. This view of her depression is considered

Answer:

personalistic

Question:

The nurse who feels the most beneficial part of the client's inpatient stay is the establishment of an interpersonal relationship with the nurse is an example of which nursing theorist?

Answer:

Paplau

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