Test 1: NU160 / NU 160 (Latest
Update 2025 / 2026) Mental Health Concepts | Exam Questions with Answers | 100 % Correct | Grade A - Galen
Question:
Know the phases of a therapeutic relationship and the role of the nurse
Answer:
-Preparation- review all possible information about the patient -Orientation- getting to know the client, explanation of purpose of interaction, establish roles and identify problems.-Working- plan outcomes and interventions, develop goals, help client express feelings and thoughts -Termination- allows client to depend on own strengths, encourage social interaction
Question:
Transference
Answer:
client's emotional response, based on earlier relationships to the caregiver. 1 / 3
Question:
Countertransference
Answer:
barrier in a therapeutic relationship based on the caregivers inappropriate emotional response to the client.
Question:
boundaries as it relates to the nurse patient relationship
Answer:
• It is the responsibility of the nurse to initiate and maintain professional boundaries • Therapeutic relationship is centered on the condition of helpfulness • Spaces between the power of the nurse and the vulnerability of the client • Nurse must clarify boundaries with client
Question:
Rule of opening medication for paranoia
Answer:
if a client has paranoia we must allow them to open medication packages themselves
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Question:
considerations for the client diagnosed with depression and anxiety
Answer:
Anxious patient won't be receptive or remember what you told them.
Question:
Maslow's
Answer:
• Lower-order needs include physical and social requirements. Physical needs for air, water, food, elimination, and reproduction take first priority. Second priority needs relate to safety, security, and protection following with love and belonging. Last are the needs for esteem, which include the needs for self- respect and the respect of others.
Question:
Freud - ID
Answer:
the primitive and instinctive component of personality. It consists of all the inherited (i.e., biological) components of personality present at birth, including the sex (life) instinct
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